Burn pits, battlefield toxins, disabled troops and the fight for data

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Burn pits, battlefield toxins, disabled troops and the fight for data
Jeffrey E. Phillips, opinion contributor 

"I will advocate until they drape the flag over my coffin."

That's what Rosie Lopez-Torres told the Reserve Officers Association her husband, Army Reserve Capt. Leroy Torres, would say about his struggle for fair treatment after being disabled by toxic fumes spewing from burn pits in Iraq in 2007.

"You pretty much have to be a full-time advocate, just to ensure that the system doesn't lose you in the process ... if you come back from fighting a war and have to fight to keep your job. It's been a huge sacrifice; it's had a huge impact on our lives," she said. "How do you endure being stripped of your dignity and the one thing that was your life's dream?"

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