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Ranch Hand UC-123B spraying defoliant in 1962. Agent Purple is the code name for a powerful herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military in their herbicidal warfare program during the Vietnam War. The name comes from the purple stripe painted on the barrels to identify the contents.
Operation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971. Largely inspired by the British use of chemicals 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D ( Agent Orange) during the Malayan Emergency in the 1950s, it was part of the overall herbicidal warfare program during the war called "Operation Trail Dust".
Agent Green: 100% n-butyl ester 2,4,5-T: prior to 1963: Agent Pink: 100% 2,4,5-T (60% n-butyl ester 2,4,5-T, and 40% iso-butyl ester of 2,4,5-T) prior to 1964: Agent Purple: 50% 2,4,5-T (30% n-butyl ester of 2,4,5-T, and 20% iso-butyl ester of 2,4,5-T) and 50% n-butyl ester of 2,4-D: 1961–1965 Agent Blue (Phytar 560G)
[citation needed] The purpose of Agent Blue was to kill narrow-leafed plants and trees (grass, rice, bamboo, banana, etc.) "Operation Ranch Hand" was military code for spraying of herbicides from U.S. Air Force aircraft in Southeast Asia from 1962 through 1971.
Whether Yellowstone’s Monica wanted to get to know her father-in-law better, she sure did in Sunday’s double header. Observing John with grandson Tate, she even admitted, “You don’t seem ...
Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides . It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, [1] during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. [2] It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D.
The festival honors the city’s cultural heritage as one of the mainstays of the Texas ranching industry and will feature food, live music and more.
Agent Pink. Ranch Hand UC-123B spraying defoliant in 1962. Agent Pink is the code name for a powerful herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military in its herbicidal warfare program during the Vietnam War. The name comes from the pink stripe painted on the barrels to identify the contents.
The first Operation Ranch Hand mission began. Agent Orange defoliants were sprayed from USAF aircraft along several miles of Highway 15 leading from the port of Vũng Tàu to Bien Hoa Air Base northeast of Saigon. Although the United States wished to keep the use of defoliants secret, the South Vietnamese government announced publicly that ...
In the fall of 2020, James and Rachael purchased 10 acres of land outside of Douglas, Ariz., and officially launched Southwest Black Ranchers, the first Black-owned livestock ranch in the state ...