Editing Agent Orange (section)

===Thailand===
Agent Orange was tested by the United States in Thailand during the Vietnam War. In 1999, buried drums were uncovered and confirmed to be Agent Orange.<ref>{{cite news |title=Agent Orange Found Under Resort Airport |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/05/26/agent-orange-found-under-resort-airport/ |work=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=May 26, 1999 |agency=Tribune News Services |access-date=February 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105085210/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-05-26/news/9905260083_1_agent-orange-chemical-birth-defects |archive-date=January 5, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Workers who uncovered the drums fell ill while upgrading the airport near [[Hua Hin District]], 100&nbsp;km south of Bangkok.<ref>{{cite news |first=Boonthan |last=Sakanond |title=Thailand: Toxic Legacy of the Vietnam War |url=http://www.ipsnews.net/1999/05/thailand-toxic-legacy-of-the-vietnam-war/ |location=Bangkok, Thailand |date=May 19, 1999 |agency=Inter Press Service |access-date=February 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707064407/http://www.ipsnews.net/1999/05/thailand-toxic-legacy-of-the-vietnam-war/ |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Vietnam-era veterans whose service involved duty on or near the perimeters of military bases in Thailand anytime between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, may have been exposed to herbicides and may qualify for VA benefits.<ref name="VA.gov">{{citation-attribution|1={{cite web |url=http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/locations/thailand.asp |title=Thailand Military Bases and Agent Orange Exposure – Public Health |publisher=[[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062320/http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/locations/thailand.asp |archive-date=27 February 2017 |url-status=live}} }}</ref>
A declassified Department of Defense report written in 1973, suggests that there was a significant use of herbicides on the fenced-in perimeters of military bases in Thailand to remove foliage that provided cover for enemy forces.<ref name="VA.gov"/> In 2013, the VA determined that herbicides used on the Thailand base perimeters may have been tactical and procured from Vietnam, or a strong, commercial type resembling tactical herbicides.<ref name="VA.gov"/>