title: A Trust Betrayed: The Untold Story of Camp Lejeune and the Poisoning of Generations of Marines and Their Families (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
author:  Mike Magner 
description: Builds the case against the U.S. military looking the other way for two decades amidst allegations of mass poisoning at Camp Lejeune, which is believed to have caused illness and death among Marine families stationed there. 35,000 first printing.
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  # **CHAPTER FORTY-THREE**
  
  Despreaux knelt beside the prince in the dim light.
  
  The wounded had been gathered in a line on the ledge on the north side of the
  cavernous keep, and the bandaged and burnt Marines were mostly asleep,
  courtesy of Doc Dobrescu. Their wounds were horrible, even by modern
  standards. Most of the wounded seemed to be from First and Second platoon;
  despite the protection of their flame resistant chameleon suits, most of them
  looked like so many pieces of barbecued chicken, and she shook her head and
  turned away when she realized that the white thing sticking out of Kileti's
  uniform was his ulna.
  
  Horrible though it was, the damage would heal. Even the severed limbs would
  regrow over time, and the nanites and regenerative retroviruses the Marines
  were pumped full of were already hard at work repairing the gross wounds. As
  skin grew over burns and muscles mended at impossible s