Atomic Veterans Speak Out

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."

Comments

Re:thx for their efforts and sacrifices

[uberTr011]

The Japanese may disagree with you on that one.

Re:The flip side of the coin.

[mOoZik]

What a sad way to justify the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians. One bomb would have sufficed, but since ending the war was not their only motive, they had to drop two to test their effectiveness. It has to be the darkest moment in American history.

Re:The flip side of the coin.

[Adartse.Liminality]

Nice goin' mod...

if post.true? && post.mod=='Troll'
metamod(mod.id)
end

*hint* this one should be 'offtopic'

Re:The flip side of the coin.

[BJH]

They are great people, but not Westerners by any means.

I don't think you'd have to be "overly PC" to see the racism inherent in that statement.
For someone who actually spent time there, your horizons don't seem to have been broadened very much...
(Disclaimer: I've been living in Japan for the last fifteen years.)

Comment removed

[account_deleted]

Comment removed based on user account deletion

Comment removed

[account_deleted]

Comment removed based on user account deletion