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The Camp Lejeune incident refers to the outbreak of hostilities between black and white enlisted Marines at an NCO Club near the United States Marine Corps's Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, on the evening of July 20, 1969. [1] [2] It left a total of 15 Marines injured, and one, Corporal Edward E. Blankston, dead. [1]
This list of cemeteries in Louisiana includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Jerry Ensminger and Mike Partain, two national leaders of the effort to help Camp Lejeune victims, ... Partain: People who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days between 1953 and 1987.
Twenty former residents of Camp Lejeune—all men who lived there during the 1960s and the 1980s—have been diagnosed with breast cancer. [13] In April 2009, the United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry withdrew a 1997 public health assessment at Camp Lejeune that denied any connection between the toxicants and illness. [44]
The names of the two Marines killed in a tactical vehicle rollover wreck on Wednesday have been released by 2nd Marine Logistics Group.
In the 36 years since his 9-year-old daughter, Janey, died of leukemia from toxins found in Camp Lejeune’s drinking water, Ensminger had been fighting for justice — for her — and Marines ...
Content related to cemeteries located in the U. S. State of Louisiana which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (the United States' official national heritage register) and other listed properties that include places of interment: graveyards, burial plots, crypts, mausoleums, or tombs.
Attorneys are filing claims on behalf of Marines and their families over the base’s water contamination. Here’s a breakdown of what happened and what’s next.