The World War II tank commander and recipient of the Navy Cross, the military’s second-highest recognition for valor, was one of the first service members exposed to a contaminated water supply at Camp Lejeune.
His granddaughter sought to prove he was sickened at the Marine Corps training facility in North Carolina.
Now, she plans to share what she believes is the largest private collection of Camp Lejeune materials with the veterans named in her documents.
“I want to give these hard copies back.”Leo Case was stationed at Camp Lejeune after earning a Navy Cross for valor during World War II.
Hoerman said she started digging into her grandfather’s history after the PACT Act of 2022 expanded benefits to millions of veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances.
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