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On the broadcast tonight, scarred for life. Cancer at a flagship American military base. And as victims come forward, now some painful questions as to whether it’s something in the water. Good evening. It’s as story to military base as anything else we’ve got. Camp Lejeune in North Carolina is synonymous with the US Marine Corps and the top marines it has produced for generations. But some of those on base have been stopped by an enemy they couldn’t see. A form of cancer that might have come from the water they used everyday. They told their story in Washington today. That’s where NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell starts us off tonight.

 

Camp Lejeune North Carolina, for three decades, a hidden danger threatened military families here. As many as one million people who lived on base and drank the water. Water contaminated by toxic cleaning solvents from the 1960s to the late 80s. Born and raised at Camp Lejeune, Mike Partain blames that drinking water for an unusual number of rare cancers. “I went to the doctor. They gave me a diagnosis.”

 

Today, Partain came to congress. “Tell me about Camp Lejeune.” Partain claims he is one of at least 41 men who heard this devastating news. “I was diagnosed with male breast cancer at the age of 39.”

Partain had a mastectomy유방절제술. And so did many others who carry scars uncommon for men.

Is there a link between the tainted drinking water of years ago and cancer today? One scientific study found no proof while the Centers for Disease Control says it’s looked at the Camp Lejeune case and will do its own investigation. “We’ve got to get the bottom of this.”

 

Military officials testified the contaminated wells at Camp Lejeune were shut down beginning in 1984.

But also said the marines were slow to act or tell families about their exposure. Despite base rules for drinking water safety, General Eugene Payne testified the marine had not recognized the danger. “I’m not a scientist. So I’m a war fighter. And so I really can not answer that.” Payne said the marines are deeply concerned and working to get answers. For families like Mike Partains, that can happen fast enough. Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News, Washington.

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