Your starting point United States, Anchorage is located at (61.2231, -149.853). Total distance from Anchorage to Vancouver is 2128.78 kms. 2128.78 kms equals to 1322.76 miles and 1148.68 nautical miles. Distance information is flight distance as a line. Flight time between Anchorage to Vancouver can change depending on many different conditions. Timezone for Anchorage is -09:00. Timezone for Vancouver is -08:00.
The chemical was Agent Orange, the occasion was the war in Vietnam, the time was 1961-71, and the country was South Vietnam. Some 12 million gallons of this supercharged weed killer, enough to douse 18,000 square miles, were sprayed on the 66,000 square miles of South Vietnam during the War.
Brief History of Agent Orange. 1  In the early years of WWII, a grant was provided by the National Research Council to develop a chemical to destroy rice crops in Japan (the major food source of the Japanese). 2  In 1961, President Kennedy signed two orders allowing Agent Orange to be used in Vietnam. One order to destroy crops, and another order to defoliate the jungle. [Note: These orders were signed prior to major U.S. intervention.] Agent Orange and other herbicides were used extensively through 1970 (and thereafter until the end of the Vietnam War). Vietnam Veterans and their families filed a class action suit against seven chemical companies (Dow Chemical, Monsanto, Uniroyal, Hercules, Diamond Shamrock, Thompson Chemical, and T.H. Agriculture).