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Maude DeVictor discusses Veterans Affairs and Agent Orange
BROADCAST: Oct. 12, 1981 |
DURATION: 00:52:27
Synopsis
Maude DeVictor, a Veterans Affairs worker, talks about how she discovered Agent Orange after a Vietnam Veteran's widow called asking for help. DeVictor recalls her time spent calling Universities and Government Agencies trying to figure out what chemical caused the cancer and then trying to bring light to her discoveries. Studs reads two passages from Jacques Cousteau's "The Cousteau Almanac: An Inventory of Life on our Water Planet."
Details
Broadcast Date
Oct. 12, 1981
Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 53.04 min.) : 10 1/2 in.