For me, the point of my awakening was pre-Q, when an incident known as the so-called "vanishing" of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 occurred. There's just way too much surveillance over our skies for me to believe the BS that was relayed by MSM outlets after that. And after that, it was one rabbit hole after another that led me towards getting the full picture of what was truly up. My only real exposure to "conspiracy theories" prior to this point was the (extremely little) knowledge that the rap community (for e.g. Immortal Technique) were speaking about things such as the Illuminati and 9/11 and Reptilians and all of that stuff, and, like any other normie, I refused to believe it. At that time, I clubbed it all in with "tinfoil hatter nonsense", like how the normies now club anything that sounds unbelievable with "flat earther nonsense" and such. But yes, after that flight disappearance incident, I pretty much woke up full-scale in about less than 6 months or so.
What's your awakening story?
So sorry for your loss. I had 2 older brothers in Nam at the same time. One of them died very young from cancer as well.
Interesting Gulf of Tonkin timeline: Jim Morrison, the front man for "The Doors", dad, George Morrison, was commanding the USS Bon Home Richard, which was involved in the Gulf of Tonkin incident. He either mislead, or went along with untruths involving that incident to escalate the war.
It just so happens that George Morrison was in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
On July 2, 1971, George Morrison was the keynote speaker at the decommissioning ceremony for the Bon Homme Richard. One day later, on July 3, 1971, his son Jim Morrison died of an accidental overdose in Paris, France.
There are a lot of "strange" coincidences surrounding Laurel Canyon, and the music at that time.
My brother was 35, and agent orange was suspected as well. Also, both of my brothers met at one time in Nam, for a few hours.