We knew shortly after the war that our troops were becoming ill.
From Christopher Shays
First off, we've had sworn testimony from soldiers and testimony before our staff that wasn't sworn, that said these alarms rarely went off, that they went off after the war in most cases and went off a lot.
But I would argue that a longer war it's more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.
There's another issue here - and I have some limits as to what I can say - but there's some real question as to the viability of the chemical masks, the protective gear used by our soldiers.
I think that some of our soldiers die in the battlefield and some come home to bad health and die prematurely, just by the nature of the kind of business they're in.
The bottom line to this is, there are few doctors who have any expertise in chemical exposure.
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