A former Army linguist diagnosed with multiple myeloma believes her illness stems from Agent Orange exposure at Fort Ord, a ...

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The month of October is used to raise awareness for dozens of causes and illnesses each year. From breast cancer to domestic violence. It’s also Agent Orange awareness month, reminding us of the ...

Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its ...

Last month, Newswatch 16 introduced you to two women from Schuylkill County on a mission to honor their late husbands, who died decades after their service in Vietnam. The men suffered from illnesses ...

In 1967, about to graduate from Steelton High School, John Galinac wanted more than just a job at the steel mill. He wanted to go to college. The 19-year-old, second-generation Croatian-American ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...