US presidential hopeful recalls experience with Agent Orange

US presidential hopeful recalls experience with Agent Orange

(EXCERPT) (03/05/2004 -- 11:44GMT+7)

Washington, Mar. 5 (VNA) - In Newsweek magazine's Mar. 8 edition,
Senator John Kerry, a presidential candidate for the Democratic Party,
recalled his experiences with Agent Orange in the Viet Nam War.
Although some American soldiers who served on the same boat as Kerry
said they were not directly sprayed, all admitted that they had to
fight in a highly toxic environment.

"At least, I knew they used defoliants," said Kerry.

Mike Medeiros, who served with Kerry on the boat, in the winter of
1969, recalled, "They just told us they sprayed something to kill the
bushes. It looked like a moonscape. You saw skeletal remains of trees
everywhere. It was like, whatever they're using is some serious
stuff."

Wade Sanders, who served with Kerry in the delta, on different boats
but sometimes on the same patrols along the Cambodian border,
recalled: "We'd often see the C-130s flyi...

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