A young boy is born without eyes due to being exposed to chemicals during the Vietnam War, 1970s
A young boy is born without eyes due to being exposed to chemicals during the Vietnam War, 1970s During the Vietnam War, two regimes fought against each other to control the entire country. The South had a US-backed regime, and the North had a Soviet-backed communist regime. The war in the Asian jungles was brutal, haunting and fierce. The jungle was a combat zone in which American troops had very little experience. In fact, the entire US military had minimal jungle warfare experience, meaning that US troops had to encounter many obstacles and scenarios they were not prepared for in their training. The North Vietnamese used the dense jungles to ambush US troops. This proved highly effective, as they were very hard to detect. In response, the US would use chemicals to kill the foliage so that they could spot and engage the North Vietnamese more easily. US troops could walk in afterwards and control the area. Agent Orange was a chemical that the US used. It got its name from t...