by Tim King – Salem-News.com I took the same danger… while bringing to the soldiers a welcomed visit from home. (SALEM) – When I first met Lesli Moore Dahlke, I was duly impressed. Here is a Vietnam Veteran who didn’t serve in the Marines, or the Army, but the USO. She was bathed in Agent […]
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Lesli shared an enjoyable, heartfelt and informative hour long wedcast with innovator and Host David Gibbons. Please sit back and enjoy this conversation between two friends who experienced great life changing moments. The webcast will be available here. Program notes are here.
Radio MD Show: Medical Bankruptcy: A Healthcare Horror Story

Have you ever been afraid that of your health insurance could be cancelled at any time – for any reason? Author Lesli Moore Dahlke describes the terror of her health insurance being cancelled as she struggles with multiple cancers, unemployment in the family and a rapidly declining home value. Her story, chronicled in The Best Is […]
Radio MD Show: When The Patient Becomes the Caregiver
Lesli Moore Dahlke discusses how her long-term role of a patient receiving care and support from others has suddenly changed with the illness of her husband. Weakened physically and financially by years of fighting multiple cancers, Lesli struggles with this new reality, of taking care of herself and her husband, writing that illness can be […]
Collateral Damage Documentary

Produced By Lesli Moore Dahlke and Sandra Ostertag
Radio MD: Agent Orange, Cancer & The Best Is Yet To Come
Lesli Moore, knows more about Agent Orange than she really cares to, as she was exposed to the herbicide at the age of 18, as a civilian traveling with the USO in Vietnam under the auspices of the US Army . . . a fresh faced, dewy-eyed teenager on a meet and greet, hand-shake tour, […]
A Morning of Grace, Spirit, Hope and Endless Caring
THE BEAUTY AND STRENGTH OF AMERICAN WOMEN THE GOLD STAR WIVES OF AMERICA, INC. On April 21, 2012, I was very fortunate to be the guest of the Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. during their 64th Annual South West Region Conference held in Santa Barbara, California. This year most graciously hosted by the Channel […]
She toured Vietnam with USO, now shares vets’ cancer battle
By Susan Abram, Staff Writer @ dailynews.com She began her journey alone, armed only with mountains of documents, photographs, maps and letters that she thought proved the rare cancers she suffered from were linked to chemical exposure during the Vietnam War. But for much of the two years Lesli Moore Dahlke has battled the federal government for […]
Life is Not All Hard Edges
(ENNIS, Mt.) – Many of our readers know me through my writing here at Salem-News.com about my plight, challenges and struggles with Agent Orange exposure. I unknowingly received extensive exposure during Christmas 1970 in Vietnam during a USO Tour. I value the support I have received from many of our readers. I appreciate the comments— […]
In the Rocket’s Red Glare – An Independent American
Independence Day. It is the birthday of the United States of America and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It’s a day of picnics, patriotic parades, ball games, a night of concerts and fireworks, and a reason to proudly fly the American flag. A day we celebrate the rights of […]