A) Maybe you and your grandmother want to believe the entire country wasn't fighting the Nazi regime. Hell, maybe she just took the job as a riveter 'cause she needed the cash, and didn't give a smuck about the war effort. Don't know her, and don't give a shit. I have no reason to dispute Governor Brewer on her father's motivations for working in that factory, and I am under no obligation to devalue the ENTIRE war effort simply because your grandmother chose to do so.
Just my grandmother. I wasn't alive in World War II, but when it was my time to go to war, I went. Regardless of your opinion of Governor Brewer's intent, the thing speaks for itself. No one is devaluing civilian service, that's a lame strawman argument. We are saying that dying ten years after the war was over doesn't quite equate to "died fighting the Nazi regime".
BTW, my grandmother hasn't said anything about this. I was just saying that when she proudly (and rightfully so) speaks of her contribution to the war effort she couches it in those terms.
B) My father-in-law was in Vietnam. He was exposed to Agent Orange there. He died of a particularly unusual and virulent type of cancer, despite having no family history of cancer whatsoever, years after his exposure. The Veteran's Administration acknowledges that the cancer was most likely caused by the Agent Orange. Would you like to tell me that his death was not directly caused by his service in Vietnam?
You see, I highlighted the relevant part of that statement. To answer your question, no, I would place money on the fact that he got (if I were playing odds) CLL from Agent Orange as the link is clear.
How long did it take the Veteran's Administration to acknowledge that agent orange was oncogenic and to start treating service men for it?