[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, VETERANS: "She sought to prove her grandfather was poisoned at Camp Lejeune. Records she found could help thousands."

[Lenny Siegel]

She sought to prove her grandfather was poisoned at Camp Lejeune. Records she found could help thousands.
Jessie Hoerman said an archive of historical materials she has collected could help many bolster their challenging water contamination cases.


By Melissa Chan
NBC News
October 5, 2024

Leo Case survived the battle of Iwo Jima and risked his life to save his crew during a clash in the South Pacific — only to die of multiple cancers at 58.

The World War II tank commander and recipient of the Navy Cross, the military’s second-highest recognition for valor, was one of the first service members exposed to a contaminated water supply at Camp Lejeune.

His granddaughter sought to prove he was sickened at the Marine Corps training facility in North Carolina. In the process, she amassed an archive of records that she said could help thousands of other veterans and their loved ones bolster their challenging water contamination cases.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sought-prove-grandfather-was-poisoned-camp-lejeune-records-found-help-rcna171679

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel at cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)