Download or read book Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-09-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE). The water systems were supplied by the Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point watertreatment plants, which served enlisted-family housing, barracks for unmarried service personnel, base administrative offices, schools, and recreational areas. The Hadnot Point water system also served the base hospital and an industrial area and supplied water to housing on the Holcomb Boulevard water system (full-time until 1972 and periodically thereafter). This book examines what is known about the contamination of the water supplies at Camp Lejeune and whether the contamination can be linked to any adverse health outcomes in former residents and workers at the base.
Download or read book Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune written by Stratton C. Murrell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located near the North Carolina coast on the New River, Jacksonville is home to the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. From the beginning, the people of Jacksonville have faced challenges brought on by the winds of nature and the winds of war in a poised and dignified manner, turning hardships to the betterment of the community. Such changes have encouraged population and tourist growth, as well as physical expansion of the city, thus creating a booming area that still manages to maintain the charm and hospitality of a small Southern town. Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune revisits the era when Jacksonville was just a fledgling community, when tobacco barns and warehouses dotted the landscape and ferries and fishing boats forged the New River. The townspeople looked to agriculture, shipping, naval stores, lumbering, hunting, fishing, and political involvement to occupy their interests and energies, while hurricanes and wars loomed in the world beyond. Few people in those times could have imagined that a hurricane would make Jacksonville the county seat of Onslow County or that the world at war would result in the population expansion of the 1940s and the 1950s. With the building of the Marine base, which brought about enormous social change for the residents, the city attracted construction workers, young families, and service men and women who paved the way for today's "rural metropolis."
Download or read book A Trust Betrayed written by Mike Magner and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Deadly S N A F U written by George Swimmer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-13 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed investigative author who brought you "Railroad Collisions, A Deadly Story of Mismanaged Risk", environmentalist and safety activist George Swimmer returns with a systematic playbook of understanding the exposure of water contamination faced by Marines at Camp Lejeune Base in North Carolina As a Marine Corps veteran, Swimmer's evident passion for and knowledge about the subject shine through, and he does an excellent job of making military reports and unfamiliar terms understandable for novices. A thoroughly researched investigative journey, Swimmer's "Deadly S.N.A.F.U., Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C." spells out the irrefutable scientific and medical evidence that connects the dots between the decades-long exposure to water contaminants during military service at Camp Lejeune and the development of certain diseases later on. This is an impassioned indictment of the toxic pollutants an estimated 1,000,000 Marines and others drank and washed in and the ineffective notification process experienced by 100,000's of Marines and others. Yet, Swimmer prevails as he focuses on the human spirit that connects all Marines. Semper Fi!
Download or read book The Marines of Montford Point written by Melton A. McLaurin and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps--the last all-white branch of the U.S. military--was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, near Jacksonville, North Carolina. Between 1942 and 1949 (when the base was closed as a result of President Truman's 1948 order fully desegregating all military forces) more than 20,000 men trained at Montford Point, most of them going on to serve in the Pacific Theatre in World War II as members of support units. This book, in conjunction with the documentary film of the same name, tells the story of these Marines for the first time. Drawing from interviews with 60 veterans, The Marines of Montford Point relates the experiences of these pioneers in their own words. From their stories, we learn about their reasons for enlisting; their arrival at Montford Point and the training they received there; their lives in a segregated military and in the Jim Crow South; their experiences of combat and service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; and their legacy. The Marines speak with flashes of anger and humor, sometimes with sorrow, sometimes with great wisdom, and always with a pride fostered by incredible accomplishment in the face of adversity. This book serves to recognize and to honor the men who desegregated the Marine Corps and loyally served their country in three major wars.
Download or read book Home Is Where the Marine Corps Sends You written by Melissa Jo Davis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sgt. Oakwood, Mrs. Oakwood, Mandy, and Eric are a family in the Marine Corps. It is a very special day when the children learn that they will soon move to North Carolina. Join Mandy and Eric as they find out what Camp Lejeune, North Carolina is all about! This book was designed to help children of military families become excited about moving to new places. Parents, teachers, counselors, and others can use it as a tool to help children visualize exactly where they are going, thereby relieving some of the anxiety associated with relocation. Children already living on or near Camp Lejeune will find this book exciting as they read about places they have been and discover new destinations to explore.
Download or read book United States Navy and Marine Corps Bases Domestic written by and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1985-06-26 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [An] excellent source of detailed information about both famous and obscure places in U.S. naval history. Reference Books Bulletin
Download or read book Ending Parkinson s Disease written by Ray Dorsey and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "must-read" guide (Lonnie Ali), four leading doctors and advocates offer a bold action plan to prevent, care for, and treat Parkinson's disease-one of the great health challenges of our time. Brain diseases are now the world's leading source of disability. The fastest growing of these is Parkinson's: the number of impacted patients has doubled to more than six million over the last twenty-five years and is projected to double again by 2040. Harmful pesticides that increase the risk of Parkinson's continue to proliferate, many people remain undiagnosed and untreated, research funding stagnates, and the most effective treatment is now a half century old. In Ending Parkinson's Disease, four top experts provide a plan to help prevent Parkinson's, improve care and treatment, and end the silence associated with this devastating disease.
Download or read book Tunnel Vision written by N. P. Simpson and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2017-02-12 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Vivid prose plunges the reader into the politically fraught, self-contained world of a military base” and a chilling true case of triple murder (Linda Landrigan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine). Carlton “Butch” Smith was a troubled teenager who’d been kicked out of school for aggressive behavior. His parents lived at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and when Butch was home with them, his life was fairly normal. But that all changed on August, 24, 1981, when Butch’s sister, aunt, and cousin were found slain in his parents’ house. It was a horrifying crime that shook the Marine base community, not to mention the Smith family—especially when Butch was named the prime suspect. In Tunnel Vision, reporter and true crime author N. P. Simpson delves into this young man’s harrowing past. She also provides a detailed chronicle of the grisly murders and the complex case that followed—a case of conflicting confessions, a mysterious second suspect who was never found, and difficult questions of jurisdiction between military, state, and federal courts.
Download or read book A Trust Betrayed written by Mike Magner and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Builds the case against the U.S. military looking the other way for two decades amidst allegations of mass poisoning at Camp Lejeune, which is believed to have caused illness and death among Marine families stationed there. 35,000 first printing.
Download or read book Camp Lejeune Command written by Kenneth D. Dunn and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camp Lejeune Command describes Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Dunns life as an Artillery Battalion Commander at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina during the early 1990s. The book starts the summer before the family moves to Jacksonville, NC while still stationed at Fort Monmouth, NJ. Dunn describes his daily activities and the feelings associated with those activities, while commanding 5th Battalion, 10th Marines, 2d Marine Division. This is a great read about command, family and of course, the United States Marine Corps.
Download or read book The Coast of North Carolina Salutes Camp LeJeune written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hydrogeologic Framework of U S Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune North Carolina written by Alex P. Cardinell and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Camp Lejeune Railroad North Carolina written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Real Estate and Military Construction and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers Navy disposal project No. 47, which involves the leasing of the government-owned Camp Lejeune Railroad to the Camp Lejeune Railroad Co., a subsidiary of the Southern Railway Co.
Download or read book Camp Lejeune Railroad North Carolina written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Real Estate and Military Construction and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers Navy disposal project No. 47, which involves the leasing of the government-owned Camp Lejeune Railroad to the Camp Lejeune Railroad Co., a subsidiary of the Southern Railway Co.
Download or read book We Ll All Die as Marines written by Colonel Jim Bathurst USMC (Retired) and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For seventeen-year-old high school dropout Jim Bathurst, the Marine Corps’s reputation for making men out of boys was something he desperately needed when he enlisted in March of 1958. What began as a four-year hitch lasted nearly thirty-six years and included an interesting assortment of duty stations and assignments as both enlisted and officer. We’ll All Die As Marines narrates a story about a young, free-spirited kid from Dundalk, Maryland, and how the Corps captured his body, mind, and spirit. Slowly, but persistently, the Corps transformed him into someone whose first love would forever be the United States Marine Corps. It documents not only his leadership, service, and training but also regales many tales of his fellow Marines that will have the reader laughing, cheering, and at times crying. In this memoir, Bathurst reveals that for him—a former DI who was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V”, Purple Heart, and a combat commission to second lieutenant—the Corps was not a job, a career, or even a profession; it was—and still is—a way of life.
Download or read book Eat the Apple written by Matt Young and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Iliad of the Iraq war" (Tim Weiner)--a gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir of the consequences of war on the psyche of a young man. Eat the Apple is a daring, twisted, and darkly hilarious story of American youth and masculinity in an age of continuous war. Matt Young joined the Marine Corps at age eighteen after a drunken night culminating in wrapping his car around a fire hydrant. The teenage wasteland he fled followed him to the training bases charged with making him a Marine. Matt survived the training and then not one, not two, but three deployments to Iraq, where the testosterone, danger, and stakes for him and his fellow grunts were dialed up a dozen decibels. With its kaleidoscopic array of literary forms, from interior dialogues to infographics to prose passages that read like poetry, Young's narrative powerfully mirrors the multifaceted nature of his experience. Visceral, ironic, self-lacerating, and ultimately redemptive, Young's story drops us unarmed into Marine Corps culture and lays bare the absurdism of 21st-century war, the manned-up vulnerability of those on the front lines, and the true, if often misguided, motivations that drove a young man to a life at war. Searing in its honesty, tender in its vulnerability, and brilliantly written, Eat the Apple is a modern war classic in the making and a powerful coming-of-age story that maps the insane geography of our times.
