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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 12:56 AM
Rainbow Death - Task 1
Rainbow Death
America did not foresee Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri! Expecting others to pay a high price. Now thinking twice? Toll on the innocent and unborn.
Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn. Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead. All the deceit continues to spread. Nefariously America led astray - Generations untold WILL pay - Execrable effects of agent orange spray!
Hubert Wilson
Task 1: This poem revolves around the military conflict, Vietnam war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975. It speaks of a modern day ingredient of warfare that has caused appalling death and suffering – not only to its intended victims, the Vietnamese people, but also the service personnel that used or even just came into contact with “Agent Orange”. Accorading to Wikipedia, "Agent Orange" is the code name for an herbicide and defoliant —contaminated with TCDD (compound that causese indirect DNA damage through induction or activation of other DNA damaging compounds in the body). Agent Orange was by far the most widely used of the so-called "Rainbow Herbicides" employed in the herbicidial warfare program employed by the US military. Hence, the name of the poem - Rainbow Death, as millions of deaths were caused by this use of herbicides.
According to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was reported 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to "Agent Orange", resulting in 400,000 deaths and disabilities, and 500,000 children born with birth defects. Here is a quote from Hubert Wilson: "I am a Vietnam War veteran (as are my four brothers) who served in the USAF Security Service. I, along with a dozen or so intelligence school grads, prepped for about 14 months at Kelly AFB in San Antonio, Texas, before anticipating being sent to Vietnam or elsewhere in southeat Asia in 1970. About half ended up in Da Nang (an Agent Orange hotspot) in the 6924th Security Squadron. The rest of us were assigned to Shemya Island, Alaska, with the 6984th Security Squadron, and what eventually was a MORE contaminated environment than Da Nang! My health problems started approximately 15 years ago with unexplained headaches and limb pains. Four years ago my central nervous system radically deteriorated with Parkinsonian type tremors, severe headaches, progressive limb pains, etc. No physician has ever diagnosed the specific illness. NO VA physician has ever rendered ANY medical assistance! My number one educated guess is the heavily contaminated drinking water at Shemya during my year there as an intelligence analyst. Organo-phosphate toxins may not run their toxic course until 20 to 30 years after initial exposure. Since my brain still functions moderately well (and I have mobility issues), I have turned to writing just like my late Father and the late singer (and writer) Johnny Cash."
Wars are not over even when wars are over. The effects of war does not even end together with the war. Not only does the present generation undergo these horrific experiences, the future generation has to suffer the consequences too. The cost of war is devestating. References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/2010warpoetry.html
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 12:56 AM
Rainbow Death - Task 1
Rainbow Death
America did not foresee Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri! Expecting others to pay a high price. Now thinking twice? Toll on the innocent and unborn.
Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn. Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead. All the deceit continues to spread. Nefariously America led astray - Generations untold WILL pay - Execrable effects of agent orange spray!
Hubert Wilson
Task 1: This poem revolves around the military conflict, Vietnam war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975. It speaks of a modern day ingredient of warfare that has caused appalling death and suffering – not only to its intended victims, the Vietnamese people, but also the service personnel that used or even just came into contact with “Agent Orange”. Accorading to Wikipedia, "Agent Orange" is the code name for an herbicide and defoliant —contaminated with TCDD (compound that causese indirect DNA damage through induction or activation of other DNA damaging compounds in the body). Agent Orange was by far the most widely used of the so-called "Rainbow Herbicides" employed in the herbicidial warfare program employed by the US military. Hence, the name of the poem - Rainbow Death, as millions of deaths were caused by this use of herbicides.
According to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was reported 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to "Agent Orange", resulting in 400,000 deaths and disabilities, and 500,000 children born with birth defects. Here is a quote from Hubert Wilson: "I am a Vietnam War veteran (as are my four brothers) who served in the USAF Security Service. I, along with a dozen or so intelligence school grads, prepped for about 14 months at Kelly AFB in San Antonio, Texas, before anticipating being sent to Vietnam or elsewhere in southeat Asia in 1970. About half ended up in Da Nang (an Agent Orange hotspot) in the 6924th Security Squadron. The rest of us were assigned to Shemya Island, Alaska, with the 6984th Security Squadron, and what eventually was a MORE contaminated environment than Da Nang! My health problems started approximately 15 years ago with unexplained headaches and limb pains. Four years ago my central nervous system radically deteriorated with Parkinsonian type tremors, severe headaches, progressive limb pains, etc. No physician has ever diagnosed the specific illness. NO VA physician has ever rendered ANY medical assistance! My number one educated guess is the heavily contaminated drinking water at Shemya during my year there as an intelligence analyst. Organo-phosphate toxins may not run their toxic course until 20 to 30 years after initial exposure. Since my brain still functions moderately well (and I have mobility issues), I have turned to writing just like my late Father and the late singer (and writer) Johnny Cash."
Wars are not over even when wars are over. The effects of war does not even end together with the war. Not only does the present generation undergo these horrific experiences, the future generation has to suffer the consequences too. The cost of war is devestating. References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/2010warpoetry.html
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