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Accountability and Aid in Laos
USAID’s cancellation threatens life-saving care for disabled Lao children, undoing decades of progress in war recovery and assistance.
Bee Vang and Susan Hammond
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What is Dioxin?
Dioxin originated as an unintended byproduct in the deliberately accelerated manufacture of 2,4,5-T for use in the U.S. war in Vietnam.
War Legacies Project
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Why Agent Orange?
Between 1961 and 1971, the U.S. sprayed 12 million gallons of Dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange and 8 million gallons of other herbicides...
War Legacies Project
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No, Not Even The Dead Have Seen The End of War
Though I have few memories of her, my siblings often told me stories our grandmother shared with them about the Secret War in Laos.
Asha Vang
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Bouam of Adorne Village—A Very Rare Congenital Condition
In 2016 WLP met 9-year-old Bouam. He was brought by his grandfather, his primary caretaker, to meet the WLP survey team outside the home...
War Legacies Project
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Ms. Yen Ly Visits Her Village
Born with arthrogyrposis, a rare birth defect that causes multiple joint contractures, Yen Ly began life in a bamboo and thatch house...
War Legacies Project
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Who We Are—and Why War Legacies
Hear from Executive Director Susan Hammond and Board President Jacquelyn Chagnon in a conversation that recounts the founding of War...
War Legacies Project
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What Are War Legacies?
War legacies, legacies which persist among the living even after war has ended, follow war, as the "jackal follows the wounded beast."
Bee Vang and Susan Hammond
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