[CPEO-MEF] Vet suspects that DU came home

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The war's littlest victim 

Juan Gonzalez
New York Daily News
September 29, 2004 

In early September 2003, Army National Guard Spec. Gerard Darren Matthew
was sent home from Iraq, stricken by a sudden illness.

One side of Matthew's face would swell up each morning. He had constant
migraine headaches, blurred vision, blackouts and a burning sensation
whenever he urinated.

The Army transferred him to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in
Washington for further tests, but doctors there could not explain what
was wrong.

Shortly after his return, his wife, Janice, became pregnant. On June 29,
she gave birth to a baby girl, Victoria Claudette.

The baby was missing three fingers and most of her right hand.

Matthew and his wife believe Victoria's shocking deformity has something
to do with her father's illness and the war - especially since there is
no history of birth defects in either of their families.

They have seen photos of Iraqi babies born with deformities that are
eerily similar.

In June, Matthew contacted the Daily News and asked us to arrange
independent laboratory screening for his urine. This was after The News
had reported that four of seven soldiers from another National Guard
unit, the 442nd Military Police, had tested positive for depleted
uranium (DU).

...

for the entire article, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/11-08-2002/news/col/jgonzalez/story/236841p-203326c.html

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