51 Sailors from USS Ronald Reagan Suffering Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia, Brain Tumors

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77. They can't

Which exposes the weakness of their case. Their claim is that Japan lied to the Navy - luring them in to provide aide and exposing the sailors to radiation.

The problem with that story is that the Navy knew more than the government of Japan did about what the radiation levels were out at sea.

More importantly, their mission was to save lives (including at risk of their own). You may remember that there were hundreds of thousands of Japanese in need of help (tens of thousands of whom died)? Do people really think it's plausible that they would have turned and run if they thought that a few dozen sailors would be less healthy a few years later?

They put their lives on the line willingly. They don't have the option of suing the Navy is the Navy puts them in harm's way. That's the job they signed up for.

For the record. They originally did sue the Navy. That case was thrown out for the reasons mentioned.