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Atomic Veterans Speak Out

Posted by michael on from the lead-lined-jockstrap dept.

GoneGaryT writes "Last night I stumbled across the site for Atomic Veterans, the guys in the forces who were present at the Pacific atmospheric nuclear tests and those who 'cleaned-up' Eniwetok 20 years later. There are scores of testimonies, many from men who have a range of cancers or who have since died from them. The absolute and callous disregard for their health and safety at the time is shocking; I suppose the same kind of thing happened to British, French, Russian and Chinese troops in similar circumstances. The Chernobyl pages discussed here a few months ago were eerie; this site is simply heartbreaking. On the one hand, I hate the idea of this site being Slashdotted, on the other hand, people, you've just got to read some of these testimonies. What happened back then is no joke and I'm not sure if we have half the fallout story even now. For the continental US, see this compilation."

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  1. Those who forget history are doomed... by Jack_Frost · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just like the Germans that bombed Pearl Harbor.

    1. Re:Those who forget history are doomed... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 4, Funny
      Just like the Germans that bombed Pearl Harbor.

      Just what we need on Slashdot... a Civil War troll...

  2. Re:The flip side of the coin. by LostCluster · · Score: 4, Funny

    One of the fun parts about Slashdot is when you make a factual error, there's no shortage of people to fix your mistake...

  3. Perhaps this is true...perhaps it's not by MacFury · · Score: 3, Funny
    The use of the weapon was the knockout blow that ended the first World War. There's know way of telling how many lives were saved as a result of the war ending then compared to going on for however longer it would have went without it.

    I've heard Japan was going to surrender before we dropped the bomb, but we didn't know due to a translation error. They responded to us "We don't have a decision yet" in regards to the end of the war. Our interpreters translated it to, "We decide no."

  4. Re:Trinity: The Atomic Bomb Movie by ajakk · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a still shot of a nuclear detonation occuring in space, check out this picture.

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  5. Re:A map without a key... by crisco · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmm, there appears to be an ever so slight resemblance to [a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/vote2000/cbc/ma p.htm"]this map[/a], does that mean that radiation makes you vote republican?

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