That is sad, because the New Zealand Government last year finally decided to compensate our Vietnam veterans for damages done to them from Agent Orange, as they were serving under the Queen’s Command at the time they were injured.
It had been a long and difficult struggle for our Veterans, as successive governments had denied liability, and were very creative about dodging their responsibilities.
I can only hope that the US Veterans have better luck, and suggest that they contact their New Zealand counterparts to see if there are any strategies that worked over here that might work in their case over there.
If nothing else, a precident was set for awarding damages for Agent Orange in New Zealand...
(They would want to contact the Returned Services Association Head Offices in Wellington NZ)
My husband has had dozens of skin cancers taken off and they just keep cropping up. I’m sure its from exposure to agent orange. He was wounded and nearly deafened from a mortar shell exploding at close range but the military says he doesn’t deserve compensation.