Lynn’s son, US Marine corporal Travis John Bradach-Nall was sent to serve in the Iraq war in 2003. After the initial conflict, Travis volunteered to stay to clear bombs and unexploded ordinance. On 2nd July, 2003 Lynn Bradach was informed that her son had been killed by an explosive device.
She later learned that the device that took her son’s life was a U.S. submunition. Travis’ friends told Lynn that they were told not to touch cluster bombs when they encountered them – it was considered too sensitive and deadly even for well-trained personnel to handle.
Lynn later found that protocol was not followed and a fellow Marine had begun to move a set of bombs. The Marine lost an eye, a hand and a leg in the accident that killed Travis. “If even the best trained military personnel can accidentally fall victim to this weapon how on earth do we think we can expect civilians to return to a land littered with them and not fall prey to them.”
Lynn now speaks as part of the Ban Advocates in the U.S.
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