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ranch hand; Ranch Hand
noun- a member of a special US Air Force defoliation unit during the Vietnam war US
- They were called the Ranch Hands, and their motto was “Only we can prevent forests.” — Michael Kerr, Dispatches, p. 154, 1977
- a C-123 aircraft equipped with tanks filled with defoliants used on the Vietnam jungle US
- On the other was the motto of the “Ranch Hand” pilots—the men who flew the C-123 defoliation planes: “ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FORESTS.” — Edwin Corley, Siege, p. 80, 1969
- My eyes have seen the Ranch Hands as they start a spray to pass. — Joseph Tuso, Singing the Vietnam Blues, p. 46, 1990: Battle Hymn of the Ranch Hands
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