Chemical Casualties of Camp Lejeune

When I first tried to find information in the Camp Lejeune newspaper, it took me six frustrating months to comb through everything, only to come up empty-handed. Despite being in the paper, I couldn’t find my own name because the original scanning and OCR were so poorly done. Searching across documents was nearly impossible, limited to one week at a time.

Determined to fix this, I invested my hard-earned money and database knowledge to create chemicalcasualties.com. I realized that lawyers and others had overlooked the Camp Lejeune newspaper as a source of evidence simply because it was unsearchable. This barrier made it unrealistic for many people to use it effectively.

Picture: Food in the mess hall was cooked by the same steam used to heat buildings, disgusting !!

My goal was to build a system that could handle searches for the millions eligible for government compensation and VA benefits due to water exposure at Camp Lejeune. I designed the platform to find names in seconds, providing the years they appeared and sometimes even their ranks. From there, users can hire us to conduct further research and gather solid evidence for their cases.

I collaborate with lawyers and associations to ensure their clients and members have the best possible evidence to present in court or to the VA for benefits. What took me six months can now be accomplished in one second on chemicalcasualties.com. By hiring us, you’ll receive detailed research for the name you look up, including articles, pictures, and full pages with dates from the official Camp Lejeune newspaper, “The Globe,” in just a few days. Search link

Absolutely. Our system searches through 600,000 name instances in just a second. It’s best to start with just the last name for your initial scan. This will give you an idea of how names are in our records and the year they exist in the Camp Lejeune Globe Newspaper. Names can vary by year, and sometimes only the first and second initials are used along with the last name. For example, my father’s name might appear as J. R. Burnett, Msgt Burnett, Johnnie Burnett, or even John Burnett. There is also a Col Johnnie R. Burnett, but my father was a Master Sergeant, not a Colonel so that is not dad. It’s tricky but were here to help and if you fill out the form our staff will help you get the data you need to win.

Starting with just the last name will help you get better results. Use the years as a guide. I didn’t know my father’s exact timeline at Camp Lejeune until I got other records. I later discovered that my mother got pregnant while at Camp Lejeune, and I was in utero throughout 1958 and was born in October 1958 at the Camp Lejeune base hospital. Unfortunately, my mom was sick in her second and third trimester with toxemia. My mom told me that the doctors told her to get rest and drink lots of water.   Which is probably where the toxemia came from in the first place.  We didn’t leave the base until 1961. Interestingly, the Camp Lejeune water contamination also affected Cherry Point, as noted in one of my reports on Evidence Reports of Camp Lejeune, which utilize all the information inside the Camp Lejeune Globe newspaper, and they’re unbiased an unfiltered reporting

Once you believe you’ve found the correct information, you can fill out our form, which asks for more detailed questions and allows you to add notes. We then use this information to extract the necessary details from the paper for you or the person you are searching for. This part requires payment, but we offer discount coupons for lawyers and will also have some available on eBay (Search for “Camp Lejeune Globe Search). Organizations can purchase blocks of these coupons to distribute.

If you wish to help others, you can donate to our GoFundMe page. Donations help keep costs down and allow us to provide discount coupons to those in need. If you have many friends, you can email them to help us raise donations. We can email you a code for our GoFundMe page. Use the code to include in messages after your friends and you donate, we’ll see it and know it’s from you.  which can cover the cost of your research in return. There are multiple ways for you to support us and for us to assist you and others.

Simply put, data overlap is more relevant than most people realize. Sometimes critical information appears outside the specified timeframe. In my own case, I was born in 1958, but in 1959, there were reports about unusual birth patterns in 1958, particularly the reversed ratio of boys to girls, which was highly unusual. Reporters were mystified but didn’t understand the significance at the time but they wrote about it in the paper providing evidence of the event. Through additional research, I discovered this anomaly was due to chemical exposure, a fact unknown and not understood back then.

Such patterns, like the gender ratio reversal, are well-documented in global chemical exposure incidents. Camp Lejeune experienced this issue, but recent research hasn’t highlighted it, likely because they simply did not look at the obvious or want to. However, this information is in black and white, just a year after my birth and anyone born at that time.  I do cover this in our report page

Considering this, events impacting people before 1953 are relevant if those individuals were still on base later. That’s why we include data from the early 1950s. This information is crucial, especially for service members who may have been stationed there for many years. Additionally, post-1987 records might contain awards or recognitions for civilians for long-term service members, proving their presence on base during the lawsuit period, even if they weren’t mentioned in the paper before 1983.

In cases like this, thinking outside the box is essential. While the lawsuit period is 1953 to 1987, relevant data can appear before and after these years.

Yes, you can search for anyone, including relatives who have passed away. Estates could have been filed on behalf of someone who died as a result of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. While searching is free, generating each detailed report comes with a fee. However, finding evidence can be incredibly valuable for your case, especially if you lack complete information about your relative’s activities and whereabouts on the base.

The Camp Lejeune Globe newspaper may contain records that provide crucial evidence and insights into how contamination occurred. For example, sports players at the base, such as those in football games, consumed large amounts of water (Gatorade was not available in in 50s and most of the 60s) and their names were often listed in the newspaper (typically without rank and sometimes nicknames). Any jury and/or judge would recognize that these individuals likely consumed contaminated water in large quantities, which could explain early deaths or specific illnesses.

Having this kind of evidence can significantly strengthen your case. Your lawyer, can help you pursue a claim for an estate. It’s important to act quickly and file your case as soon as possible. While we are not lawyers, we strongly encourage you to submit any relevant evidence you find immediately. If you are the executor or in charge of the estate, you should not delay.

Our data at Chemical Casualties is exceptionally accurate. We extract information directly from the Camp Lejeune Globe newspaper, similar to how Google searches pages. However, we have gone a step further by rescanning the original documents with advanced technology. Our highly trained data entry team meticulously reviews the scans to identify and correct any missing names caused by blurriness, creased pages, or poor initial scanning techniques. These dedicated individuals manually extract names and type the results as they see them, ensuring a high level of accuracy. We estimate that 3% of the names can not be read due to folding of the pages (they bound the newspapers before scanning) and bad scanning, so blurry no one or even the best OCR software can read it. We pay care attention to the birth records in the paper as these we printed in small fonts and most can can only be read by our staff and typing them in by hand. In certain periods, such as the 1950s, the Stork Report, listing all births in a given week, used a different type font that was challenging for computer systems to recognize. In these cases, human eyes are better suited to extract the names of infants and their parents.

One challenge we face is that the original newspapers were bound together, which seemed practical at the time but complicates later scanning. Using a flatbed scanner (maybe in the 1970s) , the ends of each page often mesh together, causing names to go off the page. Unfortunately, this means some names are lost due to the pages not being unbound for scanning. However, our system highlights areas where the scan is incomplete or unclear, allowing our skilled team to focus on those sections and accurately type in the missing names.

Without a doubt, we have the most accurate and comprehensive database of Camp Lejeune newspaper records in the world. No one has indexed this data as thoroughly as we have. Our commitment to accuracy and attention to detail ensures that our database is the best resource available for finding relevant information and evidence .

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Yes, a court or the government will likely question the authenticity of the newspaper article you have. Many people didn’t anticipate needing these articles as evidence in the future, so they cut out specific pieces—perhaps about themselves or their activities—without preserving the entire paper. As a result, there’s often no proof of when or where it was published, and no clear connection to the Camp Lejeune newspaper or Camp Lejeune itself, leaving no solid reference point for evidence.
Chemical Casualties has 99% of the Camp Lejeune Globe newspapers, with over 42,000 pages indexed for quick searching. So, if your article was published in the Camp Lejeune Globe, there’s a very high chance we have it.

To assist us in locating the article, take a clear picture of both the front and back of the clipping using your phone. Ensure the image is sharp and free from fuzziness. If you’re having trouble, ask a 14-year-old—they’ll likely do a great job!

Once you have the images, send them via email to Mark@chemicalcasualties.com. We’ll search for your article or picture. If we find it, we can provide the original front page, the page with your article or picture, and the government’s documentation number—the key to its authenticity.

After finding what you need and receiving the applicable fees, we’ll send you a PDF of all relevant materials, including the front page of the paper the page of the paper the articles on and the all-important government doc member. We’re also available to speak with your attorney anytime, and we don’t charge for phone consultations with them.

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No, we DO NOT sell Camp Lejeune Globe Newspaper. The Newspaper is free to everyone and can be found at some libraries and the government sources but it’s not searchable across a year or even two weeks, so you have to read each week’s paper individually and if there are capabilities to search through one week at a time. The scanning was done so many years ago it is almost worthless. I know I tried and that’s why I built chemical casualties.

What you’re purchasing is a service: our ability to search through all the Camp Lejeune Globe Newspapers we’ve indexed using our custom-made software. While anyone can sometimes find these papers on places like eBay, what sets us apart is that we’ve built a way to search within 1950 to 1990 in one second.
It took a team of sharp programmers and technical experts, led by me to create this system, which allows us to search 40 years of newspapers and over 600,000 name entries in just one second. A capability neither the government nor any other site offers.

Think of it like Google or Yahoo—they don’t own the data they search for, but they built the technology to retrieve it. We did the same, building our search program from scratch. We own the entire software system, which lets us locate the information you need to support your case.

Our system indexes the contents of the paper, helping us find names, dates, ranks, and other details that provide solid evidence for your case. We built powerful search components and scanned the newspapers multiple times with different software to capture the data accurately. Where the computer struggled, our staff manually reviewed over 42,000 pages of the paper to ensure we extracted everything possible—a time-consuming but necessary process.

What you’re paying for is our ability to search this extensive index and compile a report based on the results, giving you the critical evidence you need to win your case or enhance its value by making the facts clearer to a jury or judge.

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I believe this can be very helpful, especially if you were in an area like the mess hall, where the food was cooked with steam from the Steam Plant that consumed 200,000 pounds of steam per hour. This steam was supposed to heat the buildings, but it was also used to cook the food in the mess halls. A jury would likely find a photograph of you looking unwell in such conditions quite compelling based on photos of you and the and the correlation of the water you consumed whether it be steam on vegetables, ice and drinks or just drinking water. Water comes in various forms and Camp Lejeune had all of them

There may also be photos in the newspaper of places where you were present, even if you’re not personally in the picture or mentioned in the article. Being able to testify that you were there can still be valuable. Such images can significantly strengthen your case, as they help a judge or jury better understand the environment you worked in.

It’s often difficult for people to visualize what conditions were like in the 1950s or 60s, especially without photos to illustrate where you worked or what affected you. We offer custom searches—if you tell us what you’re looking for, we can work out a price and provide articles that help explain where you were on base. While lawyers may have their own strategies, I believe any visual aid you can present will strengthen your case. With over 65 million words indexed from the official Camp Lejeune newspaper, we can find nearly anything that was published.

Just email me at mark@chemicalcasualties.com , and I can provide some ideas of what we might be able to uncover. From there, we can take the next steps what you need for your particular case. Can I look up other things such as the steam plant, a certain mess hall or places I might have been?

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