First of all, Richard never talked about Vietnam. We were married for decades before he started to speak at all about it. We did not know much about Agent Orange. I dropped my High School chemistry class during week two. After my A on the Periodic Table test, things went downhill fast. I am not a chemist, but I have read everything I can get my hands on about Agent Orange.
When Richard slept in Vietnam, he usually found a little dry creek bed. He looked for place where it was lower,so he could sleep sitting up and kind of recline his back onto the side of the dirt. His M-14 was always within reach. It was jungle and it rained. When he woke up in the morning, he would be sitting in 4 inches of water. He slept where there was no vegetation. Why would there be a spot that had no vegetation in a jungle?? It had been sprayed with Agent Orange.
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