About: Chuck Palazzo

Email : chuck_pal@yahoo.com

Marine Combat Veteran, served with 1st and 3rd FORCERECON. RVN 1970-1971. Currently living, writing and working in Danang, Vietnam. Agent Orange and Unexploded Ordinance activist and researcher.

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The 42nd Anniversary of the Massacre at My Lai

Share504 Innocent Men, Women, and Children Killed
Raped, Murdered, Decapitated
March 16, 2010, Chuck Palazzo, Quang Ngai, Vietnam -  There are not many events that occurred during the Vietnam War that are more horrible than what took place in the small hamlets of My Lai and My Khe (Son My) on March 16, 1968. 2nd Lt. William [...]

Agent Orange Victims Aren’t Enough for Monsanto; Now GM Food

ShareDanang, Vietnam I have written about the evils of the company called Monsanto several times now.  For those of you who do not know, Monsanto was not only the largest producer of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, but the components of Agent Orange that they produced consisted of the highest concentration of dioxin – [...]

The Hmong Plight Continues as the US Continues their Abandonment

ShareFebruary 27, 2010
Chuck Palazzo
Danang, Vietnam
The Abandonment of the Hmong by the US Continues
Why has the United States turned its back on some of the bravest and loyal people that stood by our side during the Vietnam War?  The so-called “Secret War”, which began during the early 1960’s, continues to remain secret in many ways [...]

More on Monsanto, Agent Orange, and Recent Trickery and Profiteering

ShareChuck Palazzo
Danang, Vietnam
2/21/10
The more I read and attempt to understand Monsanto and to go as far as to put myself in their corporate shoes, I just cannot.  No matter which way I look at them, no matter what avenue I investigate and pursue, my conclusions are the same.  Monsanto the company, its executives, and many [...]

The 42nd Anniversary of the Tet Offensive

ShareMuch of this is taken from public record – actually most of it is.  I add my comments here and there, but as I approach this year’s Tet – The Lunar New Year – which occurs on February 14, this year, I wanted to take pause and remind us all of that bloody and gruesome [...]

The US Abandonment of the Hmong – How easily we forget those who saved our lives!

ShareDanang, Vietnam – Many of us may recall the peace loving, and US loyal peoples of Vietnam.  There are many stories that have been told of how these wonderful and such courageous folks fought with us, alongside us, protected us, and died with and for us.  Some of us remember them as the Montagnards.
The Hmong [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr. – Beyond Vietnam – A Time To Break The Silence

Martin Luther King Jr and the Vietnam War

Company of the Year? Monsanto!

ShareWhat a slap in the face!  What an insult!  What a display of ignorance.  What little to no compassion, let alone admission of guilt to the war crimes this company was involved in.  No, they were never convicted – because they settled out of court like Dow and the rest of the criminals who created, [...]

Agent Orange Continues to Poison New Generations in Vietnam

ShareAfter years of meetings, signings and photo ops, the U.S. held another ceremony in Vietnam on Wednesday to sign yet another memorandum of understanding as part of the continuing effort to manage Agent Orange’s dark legacy. What a farce!  Much too little, and very, very late.  The dead keep on dying, the newborns still aflicted!
This [...]

Wolf in Sheeps clothing – trying at least

ShareMonsanto’s Agent Orange: The Persistent Ghost from the Vietnam War
I was informed by a fellow writer and Marine brother about what’s happening with the lobbyists in Iowa, the US Senate battle in that state, and the lobbyist’s relationship with Monsanto – to some, Monsanto is a gift from heaven, promising and it seems, delivering to [...]

Living the lie – Agent Orange activist confronts Monsanto

ShareThere are so many of us that want this ongoing crime that Monsanto, Dow, the other chemical companies involved – plus the US Government to end. For the horror to end, the collective group of those that invented,authorized its use, and used it during the war  against the Vietnamese, the US and allies, resulting in [...]

Typhoon Effects on Dioxin

ShareSunday October 18, 2009
After Affects of the Storm – Positive or Negative effects of Dioxin on human lives and the environment?Do We Really Know?     Earlier this month, I wrote about the typhoon and the experience of the storm itself.  How I lived through it, how the neighbors survived, my impressions, and of course the concern the [...]

A tough week – the Philippines, Indonesia, American Samoa, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and of course, Vietnam.

ShareTyphoons, earthquakes, tsunamis,  forgotten victims, and possible link to the spread of Agent Orange
by Chuck Palazzo, Staff Writer
One thing amazes me during and after a natural disaster occurs – including those that have occurred in our own United States – has it ever occurred to anyone, or is it just me? 
Those that are [...]