No, but it was sprayed on Lackland. It was the best weed killer the Army ever saw, so they used it everywhere.
Agent Orange was sprayed from helicopters to keep the vegetation from growing.
they didnt. they sprayed it in Vietnam
When sprayed from a plane, as it was in Vietnam, Agent Orange looks like a white or orange opaque mist. It feels very oily.
Close to 4 million acres were sprayed.
According to the US Veterans Administration's Agent Orange program; Approximately 20 million gallons of agents were used, which consisted of mainly Agent's White, Blue, and Orange. Of which Agent Orange was the most commonly used.
I lived in rural NW Arkansas during the 70's. The U.S. Forest Service sprayed Agent Orange to defoliate and private individuals (farmers) used it to defoliate prior to grass seeding steep hillsides for pasture.
Agent Orange was delivered (sprayed) by low altitude flying C123, C130 fixed wing transports, and UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters. See Operation Ranch Hand.
Not in the least. Agent orange was a herbicide similar to 24D, used in the U.S. in agriculture. Operation Ranch Hand sprayed 11 million gallons of agent orange and 8 million gallons of other herbicides on South East Asia. Most G.I.s got sprayed at least once, not all fell ill.
Agent Orange was distributed over Vietnam in aeroplanes from big tanks which sprayed the gas all over the forests to defoliate them so the Americans could see where the Vietcong were. Unfortunately a lot of the Agent Orange contaminated rain water which was then drunk by the Vietnamese civilians and lead to severe birth defects.
Agent Orange was a "broad spectrum" herbicide - one that'll kill any plant it's sprayed on. These days, if defoliation was used as a tactic in combat we'd just use Roundup.
Agent Orange was used in Vietnam to clear ground cover around military positions. The major ingredient was Dioxin, a highly toxic chemical both for plants and for humans.
The purpose of Agent Orange was to DESTROY vegetation. The purpose of destroying the vegetation (forests & jungles) was to deprive the enemy of a hiding place (destroy his concealment capabilities). Haiphong Harbor doesn't meet the above criterias.