The Controversy Surrounding The Gulf War Syndrome

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home to their loving countries.
As for Mark, he had done his job, he defeated the enemy and kept himself
alive. His own personal joy and relief overwhelmed him to the extent of
asking his girlfriend for her hand in marriage. She immediately said yes.
Within a year and a half upon the year's end, Mark and his wife had their
first child. Their child was not born as healthy as they had hoped. Mark
was devastated at his child's problems. Why did these things have to
happen to his child? In the weeks to come, rumors were spreading that many
babies of veterans were also born with problems. Veterans themselves were
getting sick. Something was wrong, and people went to the government for
answers. Those people didn't get what they expected. The government's
only answer was that they had post-war stress. That did n't stop many
though for trying to find out what was really going on. In reality, Mark
Daniels only represents all of those who fought in the war. Just as ...

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symptoms alone are nothing to be worried about, but a
large number of veterans were experiencing at least several of these
problems at one time (Brown). Also, reports indicate that 70% of the
troops that served in the Gulf War are no longer serving in the military,
and 50% of those claim to have left because of medical problems. About
490,000 troops have gone to Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals because
of GWS (ABDC). Studies also show that almost 67% of babies born to Gulf
War veterans have birth defects that include Goldenhar Syndrome, missing
limbs, chronic infections, failure to thrive, cancers, immune problems, and
cardiac problems. More than 10,000 troops have died of ...

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