Human Cost of War
US soldier becomes hibakusha
ⓒ2008 David McLane
"I was feeling sick, really weak, and I had blood in my urine and I didn't know what was going on, and I went to the doctor at Walter Reed Army Hospital and they were telling me it was combat fatigue, you're just tired, you just need to relax and you'll be fine. And I said, No, it's more than that, you know, I had rashes on my back, a lot of rashes on my back. I was so weak I couldn't stand up straight." -- Anthony Phillip
Last spring, my partner/wife, Sueko, and I were asked to accompany a reporter from a major news organization in Japan on a trip across the US to gather material for a series of articles tentatively titled "The Human Cost of War." She was coordinator and I was photographer.
We learned about soldiers becoming sick from depleted uranium from a book published in Japan, Hibakusha Ni Natta Iraq Kikanhei (Returning Iraq Soldiers become Hibakusha). After many telephone calls Sueko was able to set up an appointment with Anthony at his house in Middletown, New York.
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ⓒ2008 David McLane
"I was feeling sick, really weak, and I had blood in my urine and I didn't know what was going on, and I went to the doctor at Walter Reed Army Hospital and they were telling me it was combat fatigue, you're just tired, you just need to relax and you'll be fine. And I said, No, it's more than that, you know, I had rashes on my back, a lot of rashes on my back. I was so weak I couldn't stand up straight." -- Anthony Phillip
Last spring, my partner/wife, Sueko, and I were asked to accompany a reporter from a major news organization in Japan on a trip across the US to gather material for a series of articles tentatively titled "The Human Cost of War." She was coordinator and I was photographer.
We learned about soldiers becoming sick from depleted uranium from a book published in Japan, Hibakusha Ni Natta Iraq Kikanhei (Returning Iraq Soldiers become Hibakusha). After many telephone calls Sueko was able to set up an appointment with Anthony at his house in Middletown, New York.
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