camp lejeune

The following is a personal story submitted to Civilian Exposure and published as part of our new series: “Contamination Chronicles: Personal Stories of Exposure”. If you would like to submit your story, you may fill out our form here or send directly via email to share-@-civilianexposure.org. – I was born at Camp Lejeune in 1953. I believe my dad was exposed and poisoned there and died an awful (but thankfully short) death at the age of 56. 

As an infant in the early 1980s, Brent Wilson lived with his family at Camp Lejeune, a U.S. Marine base in North Carolina. His father, GI Wilson, a retired colonel who had a decorated 37-year military career, was stationed on the base for several years between combat assignments. Little did the Wilson family know, simply being on that military base and drinking the water there could cause cancer.

It has been a while since I have taken the time to sit down…

I served in the US Marines at Camp Lejeune in 1954 and 1955. I…

My husband served 20 years in the Marines. He loved every minute of it…

I was in the Marine Corps and stationed in Okinawa at Camp foster in…

I’m a former Marine. In 1971, I was in the Naval Hospital at Camp…

I was a dependent wife married to an active duty Marine. When he was…

I joined the Marines in April 1978 at 17 years old. Spent three months…

My husband was stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1977 thru 1980. We lived in…