1978...First known C-123 veteran's Agent Orange illnesses surfaced (peripheral neuropathy) but not understood to be caused by Agent Orange at the time.
1979...Military herbicide residue was first confirmed to contaminate C-123 aircraft.
1983...First C-123 Agent Orange death (Robert Boyd, ischemic heart disease).
Smelting C-123 |
1996...Air Force directed all Agent Orange contamination in the C-123 be "kept in official channels only."
2010...All remaining C-123 warplanes were destroyed as "toxic waste."
2011...C-123 veterans first learn of Agent Orange contamination of the airplanes we flew for a full decade, between 1972 and 1982.
2011...Office of Secretary of Defense labeled C-123 veterans "trash haulers, freeloaders looking for a tax-free dollar from sympathetic congressmen."
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VA's Tom Murphy - "TCDD harmless" |
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