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Duty, Honor, Betrayal: How the U.S. turned its back on poisoned WWII vets

Number 21614
Subject Military
Source Detroit Free Press
State Michigan
Year 2004
Publication Date Nov. 10-12, 2004
Summary Zeman did months and months of research to tell the stories of U.S. army veterans who were exposed to poison gases as part of government experiments before and during World War II. In the early nineties, these stories came to light and the VA promised to help the affected veterans file claims and fight for compensation, but the agency never came through. This report found that the VA never fulfilled its pledge, and that many sick and dying veterans, affected by chemical experiments decades before, were left to handle their illnesses completely on their own.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 40
Keywords military;mustard gas;Nuremburg;Anthony Principi;Pentagon;lewisite;gas chambers;Edgewood Arsenal;Department of Defense;Veterans Affairs
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