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🇺🇸 Sixty years ago this week, U.S. Army Gen. William Westmoreland sent a then-secret memo from Saigon to Washington, noting first, "We are under no restrictions from Washington with respect to defoliants." In other words, let the Agent Orange loose, and put more of it on the ground. In searching Gen. Westmoreland's papers at the LBJ Presidential Library for evidence of his interactions in Vietnam with our friend, Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Paris Davis - Every Weapon I Had, I copied the Westmoreland memo for a later discussion. When I asked Col. Davis about Agent Orange, he said, "Some days, it was hard to tell the difference between the rain and fog and what they were spraying everywhere." The banality of the general's order -- especially since the carcinogenic defoliant would harm or kill countless American soldiers and Vietnamese -- reminded me of the never-ending work necessary to truly support and protect the rights of our service members and, for that matter, our public safety personnel. Whether because of Agent Orange in Vietnam, war zone burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, toxic military housing now, or line-of-duty injuries and illnesses, lifetime access to due process, justice and medical care must be maintained for them. Standing up for them at parades or sports events is not enough. 🇺🇸