The count of men from Lejeune is now 51

Fontonto

Hello All....just wanted to let everyone know our cluster of former Marines has grown to 51 now.....this is an article that was published this past Sunday in the St. Petersburgh Times showing the neglegence of the Marine Corp. They knew the water was toxic with both known carcinogins and probable corcenogins for years and did nothing. There were also dozens of women with breast cancer who commented into the CNN blog after their segment aired on this issue who lived at the base.

Jimmy

http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/veterans/article1044542.ece#comments

SoCalLisa

Hi Jimmy

That really is something else..I am a vet also , 

has the VA been in on this?...my DH was exposed to agent orange

and the VA is on that...the story needs to be told

Rachel_BC

thank you for this post, all the best to you Jimmy 

lbrewer

It affects anyone stationed, conceived or raised at Camp LeJeune from 1950-1980.  Both the Marine Corp and a local dry cleaners wre putting chemicals into the water that feed into the housing area. The Marine Corp has said they have attempted to contact those involved and there is a national registry being done.  Of course since it means MILLIONS in law suits, you have to wonder.  For more information, check out:

tftptf.com

(the few, the proud, the forgotten)

Several of my husbands classmates were stationed there in the late 70s so this has become an issue that hits very close to home!

Shirlann

I am sure all of you are aware that the towns in Utah of St. George and Cedar City were blanketed with rads after all the tests were done outside Las Vegas.  The government knew what it was doing, and this rads exposure wrecked havoc on the local populations.  But good luck getting the government to admit ANYTHING.

Gentle hugs, Shirlann

bomber410

Talking to my friend Peter on Saturday, one of the guys on the CNN program, the count is now up to 53.  How can we turn our back on the responsibility our government has to these men.  And that's just male breast cancer.  It's my understanding that other cancers have also been associated with Camp Lejeune. 

MJLToday

Holy crap, treating our service members like that.  Shocking.

Soccermom4force

The count is now 67...

http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2011/january/195691/Camp-Lejeune-water-contamination-victims-unite-in-Tampa.html

so sad,

Marcia

D4Hope

My father was in the navy and I was born in Camp Lejune in 1962. My father wroked on the base for three years before I was born and three years after. My dad had a bout with cancer when he was 49. 

D4Hope

My dad had colon cancer and skin tumors.