Yeah, dad died at the age of 77 from cancer. Started as prostate, but moved into the rest of abdomen/stomach.
He survived New Guinea and the invasion of the Philippians, but not hauling toxic chemicals.
Druring WW II my father assemble airplanes in England.
After peace was declared he decommissioned chemical weapons.
Many were leaking in the warehouse and he had to work in the slop. Walking through it while he worked wearing only his GI leather boots.
For decade after he had to buy new work boots every month because his feet seeped and rotted the leather.
It took about 20 years for his feet to heal to the point that he finally could keep a pair of boots for a normal life span.
He never got cancer surprisingly. He died of an aortic aneurysm.
Lesson learned: GI’s are consumable commodities.