The Things He Carried (Semper Fi)

I knew, when I started the show, that I wanted – needed, really – to talk about my father, and his experiences in Vietnam. My father died from a service related injury, cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange, a chemical defoliant used to destroy food sources and cover provided by vegetation. Exposure to these chemicals has been linked to birth defects, cancers, parkinson’s…a whole host of issues. But long before we knew how his story would end, we knew that Vietnam was a pivotal part of it. Not because we talked about it, but because we mostly didn’t.

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