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Agent Orange—or Herbicide Orange (HO)—is one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. It was a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D.
During the late 1940s and 1950s, the US and British collaborated on development of herbicides with potential applications in warfare. Some of those products were brought to market as herbicides. The British were the first to employ herbicides and defoliants to destroy the crops, bushes, and trees of communist insurgents in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency. These operations laid the groundwork for the subsequent use of Agent Orange and other defoliant formulations by the US.
In mid-1961, President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam asked the United States to conduct aerial herbicide spraying in his country. In August of that year, the South Vietnamese Air Force initiated herbicide operations with American help. But Diem's request launched a policy debate in the White House and the State and Defense Departments. However, U.S. officials considered using it, pointing out that the British had already used herbicides and defoliants during the Malayan Emergency in the 1950s. In November 1961, President John F. Kennedy authorized the start of Operation Ranch Hand, the codename for the U.S. Air Force's herbicide program in Vietnam.
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Were these blackheads & cysts from Agent Orange exposure?
could it be that you were hoping
something new would change your life?
a different view of things
that mattered long ago
and if you had your way
would everything be like it was before?
could it be that you would never ask for more?
i know that i'd never last a day without you
i wouldn't last a day without you
would it be too much to ask
if we could save a little time?
it's such a precious thing
that seems so hard to find
and if we get the chance
let's hope that you and i won't change our minds
we'll twist and tangle as our destinies unwind
i know that i wouldn't last a day without you
i couldn't find my way without you
i don't know what to say without you
i wouldn't last a day without you
i look into into sun - am i the only one
that doesn't see the future anymore?
you wouldn't last a day
i will not go away