CAMP VERDE, Ariz.—When they were young men nearly 60 years ago, Dennis Blessman, David Lucas, and Jerry “Doc” Spulecki survived the war in Vietnam, only to fight another battle at home against a silent killer decades later.
The men now suffer from similar “presumptive” conditions of service-related exposure to the highly toxic herbicide Agent Orange—ischemic heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, prostate cancer, and high blood pressure.
“It’s just cancer after cancer after cancer. All of us are in our 70s. What are you going to do?” Spulecki said.
On March 29, the three veterans attended a solemn gathering at Fort Verde State Historic Park in Camp Verde, Arizona—the weeklong site of The Wall That Heals, a touring memorial to Vietnam veterans….
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