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PERSPECTIVES: The Lasting Legacy of Vietnam

US Army Heritage and Education Center

  2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the first US combat troops landing in Vietnam. Louie Saenz talks with investigative journalist GEORGE BLACK about his article for The Nation detailing continuing effects of Agent Orange and unexploded bombs in Quang Tri, the most devastated province in the war. Best estimates show that since the war's end nearly 40,000 people have been killed by unexploded ordinance, and another 65,000 have been maimed.  

Read the article at http://www.thenation.com/article/199225/lethal-legacy-vietnam-war

Aired June 27 & 28, 2015

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