Their babies died when Camp Lejeune’s water was poisoned. But justice has been hard to find
“It’s like we’re invisible,” said a veteran, who had a stillbirth and nine miscarriages. Such cases have been uniquely difficult to litigate, attorneys say.
Sept. 18, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT
By Anna Schecter, Cynthia McFadden and Melissa Chan
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — The mothers did not know why their babies were dying at Camp Lejeune.
Jeri Kozobarich noticed something was wrong as soon as she arrived at the sprawling U.S. Marine Corps training facility in North Carolina, healthy and seven months pregnant, in the spring of 1969.
At a reception for the wives of the officers on the base, Kozobarich approached another pregnant woman who was “round as a ball” and dressed in black.
“When are you due?” Kozobarich asked.
“My baby is dead,” the woman said, before turning away.
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