Graphic Content – The orphans of Agent Orange: Fifty years on, children suffer from the horrific effects of America’s use of chemical weapons during the Vietnam War

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Sophie Jane Evans

These photos show orphans suffering from the horrific effects of America’s use of chemical weapons during the Vietnam War.

The children were born decades after U.S. forces sprayed the herbicide dioxin, Agent Orange, over large areas of jungle in the 1960s.

But they are still battling the effects of the chemical today – including physical deformities and mental disorders.


Horrific: This photo shows a young orphan suffering from the effects of the herbicide dioxin, Agent Orange

Horrific: This photo shows a young orphan suffering from the effects of the herbicide dioxin, Agent Orange

 

Suffering: The children were born decades after U.S. forces sprayed the chemical over Vietnam in the 1960s

Suffering: The children were born decades after U.S. forces sprayed the chemical over Vietnam in the 1960s

 

Abandoned: However, they are still battling the effects of the chemical, such as physical and mental disorders

Abandoned: However, they are still battling the effects of the chemical, such as physical and mental disorders

 

The shocking images were taken by American photographer Matt Lief Anderson, 30, at an orphanage outside of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Abandoned by their parents, 20 children can be seen living side by side in one room, each confined to a small metal bed with just a rug covering the bars.

They are suffering from a range of physical deformities caused by Agent Orange, including missing or under-developed limbs and extremely curved spines.

Some are deaf, blind and mute, while others have been bed-ridden for most of their young lives.

Agent Orange was designed to destroy vegetation but also resulted in terrible health defects in humans

Agent Orange was designed to destroy vegetation but also resulted in terrible health defects in humans

 

Metal bed: The shocking images were taken by American photographer Matt Lief Anderson, 30, at an orphanage outside of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Above, two toddlers lie in a metal bed with just a rug

Metal bed: The shocking images were taken by American photographer Matt Lief Anderson, 30, at an orphanage outside of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Above, two toddlers lie in a metal bed with just a rug

 

Trying to sleep: The 20 children can be seen living side by side in one room, each confined to a small bed

Trying to sleep: The 20 children can be seen living side by side in one room, each confined to a small bed

 

During his time at the orphanage, Mr Anderson met and took photos of children as young as 18-months-old.

‘The children are living in terrible conditions and suffering from a gamut of afflictions caused by chemicals that my country used against them,’ he said.

‘Americans are the ones responsible, but we aren’t giving any aid to the country at all. I felt horrible photographing these poor children.’

Meet the children supported by the Orphans’ Futures Alliance

 

Ravaged: They are suffering from a range of physical deformities, including missing or under-developed limbs

Ravaged: They are suffering from a range of physical deformities, including missing or under-developed limbs

 

All alone: Some are deaf, blind and mute, while others have been bed-ridden for most of their young lives

All alone: Some are deaf, blind and mute, while others have been bed-ridden for most of their young lives

 

During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed nearly 20 million gallons of material containing chemical herbicides and defoliants mixed with jet fuel over parts of Vietnam, eastern Laos and Cambodia.

Agent Orange is the combination of the code names for Herbicide Orange and Agent LNX – one of the herbicides and defoliants used as part of its chemical warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand.

The program’s goal was to destroy forested and rural land – depriving guerrilla fighters of cover while cutting off their food supply.

Chemical attack: During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed nearly 20 million gallons of material containing chemical herbicides and defoliants mixed with jet fuel over parts of Vietnam, eastern Laos and Cambodia. Above, a U.S. plane sprays the toxic chemical over a South Vietnamese jungle

Chemical attack: During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed nearly 20 million gallons of material containing chemical herbicides and defoliants mixed with jet fuel over parts of Vietnam, eastern Laos and Cambodia. Above, a U.S. plane sprays the toxic chemical over a South Vietnamese jungle

Deaths: Bodies of women and children lie on a road in South Vietnam following a U.S. air strike during the war

Deaths: Bodies of women and children lie on a road in South Vietnam following a U.S. air strike during the war

 

But its devastating effects continue to this day – with many deformed children forced to live a life of destitution on the streets or in low-funded orphanages.

Mr Anderson, from Illinois, said he was shocked that the U.S. government ‘has not offered any aid’ to victims of the chemical attack.

‘The official stance is that there isn’t enough evidence to link the health problems to America’s use of chemicals like Agent Orange,’ he said.

In pain: The attack's devastating effects continue to this day - with many children deformed and suffering

In pain: The attack’s devastating effects continue to this day – with many children deformed and suffering

 

Different life: Mr Anderson said he was shocked that the U.S. government 'has not offered any aid' to victims

Different life: Mr Anderson said he was shocked that the U.S. government ‘has not offered any aid’ to victims

‘Most children with these issues go into adoption or are forced into a life on the streets. The orphanages have very low funds and rely on donations for food and clothing and are unable to give proper training to the staff.

‘Most of my photos are different to this series, and they receive an overwhelming positive response. But these photos get an entirely different reaction. People don’t want to see how bad it is.’

According to the Vietnam Red Cross, about one million Vietnamese people have been affected by Agent Orange, including 150,000 children who have suffered from birth defects, CNN reported.

Protesting: About one million Vietnamese people have reportedly been affected by Agent Orange

Protesting: About one million Vietnamese people have reportedly been affected by Agent Orange

Sad: This number includes 150,000 children suffering from birth defects, such as Xuan Minh, 5 (pictured right)

Sad: This number includes 150,000 children suffering from birth defects, such as Xuan Minh, 5 (pictured right)

 

Victims: Among the illnesses contracted by people exposed to the dioxin are non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, cancer, type 2 diabetes, soft tissue sarcoma, birth defects in children, spina bifida and reproductive abnormalities

Victims: Among the illnesses contracted by people exposed to the dioxin are non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, cancer, type 2 diabetes, soft tissue sarcoma, birth defects in children, spina bifida and reproductive abnormalities

 

The U.S. government, however, has dismissed these figures as unreliable and exaggerated.

Among the illnesses contracted by people exposed to the dioxin are non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, cancer, type 2 diabetes, soft tissue sarcoma, birth defects in children, spina bifida and reproductive abnormalities.

Last year, the Association for Victims of Agent Orange in Ho Chi Minh City filed its fourth lawsuit against American chemical companies that produced Agent Orange.

The orphanage is collecting donations via its website: www.orphansfuturesalliance.org.

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3 Responses

  1. Omar J (H) says:

    I pray for these kids that God gives them and the innocent vietnamese civillians the justice they deserve. Confined to a metal cage like bed as if there not humans. The american politicians of many generations are devils

  2. Gretchen says:

    The US will never give aid to these Victims in Vietnam, because if the do, they will have to start taking care of all the genetic defects found in the offspring of the veterns’children. The planes sprayed everyone, even our own soldiers. Everyone should be compensated – not just viewed as collateral damage. It is still occurring in the mid east in the war zones with depleted Uranium this time.

  3. Is this the fate that awaits American children…YOUR childrens, childrens, children? Think it can’t happen here? Google “online petitions against the use of Agent Orange as weed killer for food crops” This should go viral.

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