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...
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Asha Vang
- 4 min
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.
War Legacies Project
- 4 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 6 min
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
- 5 min
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."
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