Heroism Exposed: An Investigation into the Treatment of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment Kuwait Veterans (1991)

October 2006

This investigation began when Major Fred Kaustinen (retired) approached the Office of the Ombudsman on February 19, 2002, with concerns over the treatment of members of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment (1 CER) following their exposure to toxic environmental substances when they were deployed in Kuwait, eleven years earlier. He was Deputy Commanding Officer of 1 CER at that time.

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