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MSNBC will premiere “Semper Fi: Always Faithful,” an emotional story of one man’s transformation into the activist he never imagined he’d become. The one-hour program, hosted by Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” will air Friday, February 24 at 10 p.m. ET.

Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger was a devoted marine for nearly 25 years. As a drill instructor in the Marine Corps, he was responsible for training thousands of new recruits. But when Jerry’s nine-year-old daughter Janey passed away from a rare type of leukemia, his structured world began to collapse around him. As a grief-stricken father, he spent years struggling to make sense of what had happened—how could an otherwise healthy nine-year-old suddenly become so fatally ill? His search for answers led him to a shocking discovery: the Marine Corps base where his family had lived for years was the site of one of the largest incidents of water contamination in US history.

For thirty years, the drinking water at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base was highly contaminated by toxic chemicals, with some chemical levels at nearly 280 times the legal amount. Years later, it is estimated that nearly one million Marines and their families may have been exposed to extremely high levels of carcinogens through the water. But even now, 25 years after the wells were finally closed, only a fraction of the former residents are even aware of their exposure to the toxic chemicals.

“Semper Fi: Always Faithful” unfolds like a detective novel, tracking the discovery of the contamination and taking viewers to the foreground of Jerry’s fight for justice. Viewers will get a moving personal look into the lives of those who have lost children or are sick themselves from the contaminated water.

And yes, we are already angry, too!

malaise

(269,157 posts)

7. Tears are steaming down my face

Reply to countryjake (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:36 PM

Feb 2012

watching this father

INdemo

(6,994 posts)

8. I am watching this now and it is unbelieble how

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:38 PM

Feb 2012

this was covered up with excuses...The hig ranking officials covering this up without being held accountable...

malaise

(269,157 posts)

9. Not really unbelievable

Reply to INdemo (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:40 PM

Feb 2012

The establishment don't give a flying fuck about us ordinary folks
Think about all the coverups over our lives to date and none of us should be surprised.
It's painful to watch.

Bigmack

(8,020 posts)

10. I get to say it...I earned the right...

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:42 PM

Feb 2012

"Eat the apple... and Fuck the Corps!"

Those poor lifers who trusted the Corps to watch out for them and their kids really got screwed.

All that bullshit about honoring our troops and veterans goes out the window if money... or bad press.. in involved.

malaise

(269,157 posts)

11. Add Corporate money

Reply to Bigmack (Reply #10)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:45 PM

Feb 2012

Loads of it

barbtries

(28,811 posts)

12. i hope they don't stop there

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 06:04 AM

Feb 2012

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/08/ap-infant-deaths-fort-bragg-investigation-083110/

there's another cover up in progress, i believe. babies dying right and left.

malaise

(269,157 posts)

13. I noticed that these hearings only took place

Reply to barbtries (Reply #12)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 07:51 AM

Feb 2012

after Democrats were returned to power and I really hope there will be investigations everywhere.

Support the troops is the best propaganda line of all time given these realities and the establishment's love of war.

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