Viet Nam Human Rights
Peaceful place for American veterans (Part 2 and end)
26/5/16
After
many years, the veterans and their families come to understand the
responsibilities of individuals and groups for what the US military caused to
Vietnam, especially the consequences of Agent Orange persist to this day.
Recently an American website has published an article on the story about the
two girls of American veterans exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam during the
war are trying to raise funds to help victims in Vietnam. Fathers of Katie
Costello and Heather Bowser, those veterans who are victims of Agent Orange
during the Vietnam War, are deceased.
Understanding
the pain that the victims of Agent Orange have suffered because of this poison,
they seek to raise funds to build a center for health care and vocational
training in Pleiku, Vietnam. The two women hope their efforts will soften the
pain of their families and all those victims in Vietnam.
Pleiku
where Tony Matola, Costello’s father served in the Vietnam War
and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died last summer due to lung cancer. While Bowser’s father also served in Vietnam and were exposed to Agent Orange, he died
of a heart attack at the age of 50 after struggling with a variety of
illnesses. The two men were present in the battlefields of Vietnam in the
period 1968-1969. That time only about 1 year but it completely transformed
their lives and families. "I took two months premature birth, congenital
amputated my right leg, the left one missing fingers," said Bowser. Moreover, the two father were heavy psychological obsessed after war in
Vietnam.
Bowser has come to Vietnam four
times. She witnessed many Vietnamese influenced by the legacy of Agent Orange like
her and her dad. Recently, there are still areas of chemical contamination in
Vietnam and even potentially harmful. However, Bowser feels that Vietnam was not hatred and she is
always welcome here. After a trip to Vietnam, Bowser and Costello have established a website to call for donation t of $20
million for projects in Pleiku. Costello said she plans to work at
this center when it is formed and put into operation. “My father had lost part
of his soul here and I think I will take it back”, said Costello.
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