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| This September 1965 file photo shows four "Ranch Hand" C-123 aircraft spraying liquid defoliant on a suspected Viet Cong position in South Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, Air Force C-123 planes sprayed millions of gallons of herbicides over the jungles of Southeast Asia to destroy enemy crops and tree cover. The military stopped the spraying by early 1971, but some Air Force Reserve units continued to fly the former spray planes until the early 1980s. U.S. Air Force/AP |
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Ranch Hands
Summer's gone & so is September, except for this monthed (but not dated) picture to remind you how awful everything was fifty yrs. ago this month, is right fucking now, & shall always be. Forever.
No idea what that last factoid is supposed to mean, but there's no explaining the U.S.A.F. or the AP.
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No idea what that last factoid is supposed to mean, but there's no explaining the U.S.A.F. or the AP.
The planes were still contaminated by the herbicide. The herbicide contained dioxin, which is horrible shit and lasts damn near forever, even though the other ingredients in the herbicide degraded relatively quickly.
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I think I had a suspicion that was it, but the AP seems to have missed a connecting sentence.
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