Veterans Day should be both a time for Americans to honor the sacrifices made on their behalf and to recognize the true cost of war and its effects on service men and women.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Tenn. (WJHL)- More than 58,000 American soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but the number of those dying from its impacts continues to rise because of Agent Orange. “It was a very strong ...

Ronald R. Renninger does not like to talk about his service during the Vietnam War, but his debilitating health conditions are a daily reminder. A decorated veteran, Renninger, 73, of Shillington, ...

The VA, under the PACT Act, has added two new Agent Orange presumptive conditions: high blood pressure (also called hypertension) and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). These ...

What happens when the wounds of war don’t surface until 30 or 40 years later? This is not a rhetorical question. It’s the lived experience of thousands of Vietnam veterans whose battle scars are only ...

DA NANG, Vietnam -- The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical ...

LAYTON — An online petition has been launched on behalf of a Davis County nonprofit seeking to honor war veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, as well as veterans suffering ...

When people think of war, they often picture the battlefield—the noise, the smoke, the horror, and the loss. But the Vietnam War left behind another, quieter battlefield that stretches across decades ...

Those of you of a certain vintage will recall how the U.S. military dumped dioxin-laced Agent Orange defoliant all over Vietnam in hopes of an instant autumn — stripping leaves from the jungle so the ...

Memorial Day has special meaning for Mary Pohl. The holiday remembers the men and women who died while serving in the military. But Mary, 61, of Muhlenberg Township will tell you that not all those ...