Vieques Veteran Struggles with Mystery Illnesses: ; Witness in Lawsuit Against U.S. Military Says Toxins Killing Him
Sunday Gazette-Mail › October 12, 2009
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ISABELA, Puerto Rico - The headaches began just after Hermogenes Marrero arrived on Vieques, the small Puerto Rican island where the young U.S. Marine guarded stores of Cold War-era chemical weapons.
The retired sergeant, now 57 and terminally ill with cancer and other ailments, blames exposure to toxins released while he was stationed there from 1970 to 1972. By coming forward to support similar claims by island residents, he has become the public face of a new and bitter battle over Vieques, the Navy bombing range-turned- tourist destination off the U.S. territory's east coast.See the full content of this document
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Vieques Veteran Struggles with Mystery Illnesses: ; Witness in Lawsuit Against U.S. Military Says Toxins Killing Him
"I've been sick since I left Vieques," said Marrero, who uses a wheelchair and lives in an apartment cramped with life-support equipment in this small town in northwestern Puerto Rico.
Marrero is a key witness in a lawsuit seeking billions of dollars in compensation for illnesses past and current Vieques residents have linked t...See the full content of this document
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