A Trust Betrayed: The Untold Story of Camp Lejeune and the Poisoning of Generations of Marines and Their Families Author: Mike Magner | Language: English | ISBN:
B00FD36G0M | Format: EPUB
A Trust Betrayed: The Untold Story of Camp Lejeune and the Poisoning of Generations of Marines and Their Families Description
While the big bad corporation has often been the offender in many of the world’s greatest environmental disasters, in the case of the mass poisoning at Camp Lejeune the culprit is a revered institution: the US Marine Corps. For two decades now, revelations have steadily emerged about pervasive contamination, associated clusters of illness and death among the Marine families stationed there, and military stonewalling and failure to act. Mike Magner’s chilling investigation creates a suspenseful narrative from the individual stories, scientific evidence, and smoldering sense of betrayal among those whose motto is undying fidelity. He also raises far-reaching and ominous questions about widespread contamination on US military bases worldwide.
- File Size: 1547 KB
- Print Length: 322 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0306822571
- Publisher: Da Capo Press (March 11, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00FD36G0M
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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Until I read the book, I thought I had a good understanding of what happened. I was wrong. The book starts with an overview of who John A. Lejeune was and then you read chapter after chapter of solid facts that tell a story of cover up, deception, denial, and such outrageous mismanagement that if not done by a government agency, would surely end in jail time and massive lawsuits for any civilian entity. I'm confident General Lejeune is rolling over in his grave.
The facts are documented. The Dept of Defense can continue this fa?ade of denial and delay but it's gone too far to be swept under the rug. The amount of work done by those involved in uncovering this disaster is truly amazing.
I don't think the full extent of those injured will be fully known for many years. The latency period for some cancers is still yet to come. It's past time to point fingers and blame anyone individual.
In order to restore faith in our justice system there needs to be acceptance that those who stood up to defend our freedom suffered untold illnesses, not on the battle field, but on the home front that was to be there safe haven from war. Financial compensation needs to be paid to those who suffered or lost loved ones. The Veterans Administration needs to make Camp Lejeune a "Presumptive" category so that veterans don't have to beg for money to pay for daily living expenses because they are dying from cancer and losing everything they have. Military families who lived on base need to be compensated for their illnesses as well.
No amount of money will compensate for the loss of a loved one.
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