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Keith Humphreys, The Washington Post Published 10:19 am, Thursday, June 7, 2018 Slightly less than 1 percent of all Americans who died in 1968 lost their lives while serving in the Vietnam War. Yet even the toll of that conflict's bloodiest year was less significant than that being caused by the opioid epidemic. According to new research, a staggering 1.5 percent of all American deaths in 2016 were attributable to opioids. Young adults are being particularly hard hit by opioids, which now account for 1 of every 5 deaths of Americans aged 25 to 34. Dr. Tara Gomes of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, who led the research, emphasized the "immense contribution of opioid deaths to overall mortality among young adults, and the burden that this will have on society today, and into the future." Because of its disproportionate impact on the young, the opioid epidemic robs Americans of more years of life than do prevalent late-life conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and … [Read more...] about The opioid epidemic is deadlier than the Vietnam War, study says

GHOSTLY images believed to show the disappeared MH370 passenger jet in the Cambodian jungle could actually show a US bomber downed during the Vietnam war. As helicopter fly over the area and a full-scale ground search begins some believe the intriguing image is actually of a F-105 Thunderchief  - a large ground attacker retired from the bloody conflict due to heavy loses. Aviation sleuth Ian Wilson claimed he found the doomed jet - which mysteriously vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board - lying partially hidden, on Google Maps. According to Wikipedia, 382 Thunderchief  aircraft were lost during the war, including 62 non-combat losses. Many Twitter users grabbed onto the new theory, with one even theorising how the plane crashed, based upon the Google image: "The lack of cockpit capity suggests this aircraft  hit th[e] ground vertically in an inverted flat spin." At 70 metres the newly-found "plane" measurement is far close to the 63.7m of … [Read more...] about Jungle plane wreckage that sparked ‘search’ for MH370 in Cambodia could be a ‘downed US bomber from the Vietnam War’

HANOI, Aug 26 (Reuters) - On the shores of a still and peaceful lake on the edge of downtown Hanoi, the inscription on a faded monument stands as a reminder of a violent event 51 years ago."On Oct 26, 1967, at Truc Bach Lake, the military and people of Hanoi arrested Major John Sidney McCain, a pilot of the American Navy's air force," it says on the sculpture, which depicts an airman with his hands above his head in front of a broken plane wing. 36 PHOTOS World reacts to news of Ariz. Sen. John McCain's death See Gallery World reacts to news of Ariz. Sen. John McCain's death My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you! I love you forever - my beloved father @SenJohnMcCain https://t.co/Y50tVQvlVe My heart is broken. I am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. He passed… https://t.co/nWEaWOoDB1 Our statement on the passing of Senator John … [Read more...] about Tributes offered for McCain at Vietnam War crash site

Residents of Vietnam, like American soldiers, apparently have been adversely affected by some 20 million gallons of Agent Orange used there by the U.S. Air Force as a defoliant before the Vietnam War ended in 1975.But while the U.S. has spent billions in medical costs and disability benefits concerning health problems of service members attributed to the herbicide, scientific studies tying Agent Orange to health problems and multigenerational birth defects in Vietnam is minimal, experts say. An effort to emulate a federal lawsuit against manufacturers that led to a $197 million settlement with sick U.S. veterans in 1984 resulted in a 2004 dismissal because the companies were immunized because they were following government orders, a lengthy McClatchy article recounts. The U.S. Supreme Court declined in 2009 to hear an appeal.Nonetheless, efforts to require the U.S. government to help affected individuals deal with Agent Orange-related health problems seem to be gaining traction in … [Read more...] about Decades after Vietnam War, dealing with Agent Orange is still on US lawmakers’ agenda

Home Daily News Trump administration seeking to deport Vietnam… Immigration Law By Lorelei Laird Posted December 13, 2018, 4:22 pm CST President Donald Trump. Shutterstock. More than 40 years after the Vietnam War ended, the Trump administration is preparing an effort to deport refugees from that war who ended up in the United States. The effort was first reported by the Atlantic, which says the plan stems from the administration’s recent efforts to reinterpret a 2008 agreement between the Vietnamese and U.S. governments. That agreement says Vietnam War refugees who arrived in the United States after 1975 but before July 12, 1995—the day the two nations re-established diplomatic relations—are not deportable. In 2017, the Trump administration reinterpreted that agreement to exclude Vietnamese refugees who have been convicted of crimes—about 7,800 of the 8,600 Vietnamese nationals the administration considered deportable, according to a Reuters article … [Read more...] about Trump administration seeking to deport Vietnam War refugees