Since early 1980's, I started having problems with Agent Orange related illnesses.
My issues are: Diabetes II - Insulin Dependent Isclemic Heart Disease (Coronary Artery Disease) - triple bypass in 2004 - had a Heart Attack and Stent put in March 2015. Diabetic Neuropathy - feet, legs and hands Interstitial Lung Disease (Pulmonary Fibrosis) - single lung transplant 2009 (gives me more time) Small Vessel Disease of Interior Brain - secondary cause due to diabetes. A-Fib - I take Plavix and Warfarin for blood thinning. Bladder Cancer - currently undergoing chemotheraphy. Stage III Kidney Disease - side effect of all the medicines I'm on due to lung transplant. Stroke & Loss of half my eyesight - was having a angiogram and suffered a stroke resulting in losing half my right eyesight and the right periphral in my left eye.
Description This campaign was from 9 June to 31 October 1969. During the summer and fall of 1969, conduct of operations was increasingly turned over to Vietnamese, US troops withdrew in greater numbers amid reaffirmations of support for the Republic of South Vietnam government. President Nixon announced the reduction of the U.S. military presence in South Vietnam which would be demonstrated initially by the withdrawal of 25,000 troops by 31 August 1969.
American troop strength had peaked at 543,400 in April 1969 but dropped to 505,500 by mid October. More scattered than before, enemy attacks were concentrated on South Vietnamese positions. U.S. combat deaths were down in the early fall as American units switched to small unit actions. The trend was not constant, however, because U.S. troops deaths which had fallen well below l00 a week in the fall, rose above 100 later in the year.
