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Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. January 15, 1994. ISBN 978-0309075299. OCLC 1013384268. Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure (June 1, 2011). Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure ...
Shannon was one of the foremost American herpetologists, a physician and an expert on snakebite, having coauthored a manual for the U.S. armed services. He died on August 31, 1965, after being airlifted to a hospital in Los Angeles. [100] August 4, 1965 Donald Bebis, 1, male: Rattlesnake
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]
Datura wrightii, commonly known as sacred datura, is a poisonous perennial plant species and ornamental flower of the family Solanaceae native to the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is sometimes used as a hallucinogen due to its psychoactive alkaloids. D. wrightii is classified as an anticholinergic deliriant. [1]
The veterans' organization Paralyzed Veterans of America was started at this hospital. [14] The VA Hospital closed in 1950, the Vets at Birmingham were moved to the Veterans Administration Long Beach Hospital. In 1952 the hospital was sold to the Los Angeles City Schools for $1.00. Los Angeles City School opened Birmingham High School ...
A federal judge on Friday slammed the Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to build enough homes for veterans in West Los Angeles and ruled that a private school, UCLA, an oil driller and a ...
The West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center is among a network of housing, shelter, utilities, food preparation facilities and a hospital mandated to permanently serve veterans at the West Los Angeles VA Soldiers Home. The approximately 400 remaining acres of the Soldiers Home is located adjacent to the West Los Angeles, Westwood and ...
Dr. Elaine Batchlor, chief executive of MLK Community Healthcare, walks around the exterior of the emergency department at MLK Community Hospital in South Los Angeles on Jan. 2, 2023.