TECHNICALLY I'M NOT AN ATOMIC VETERAN, BUT IN A LARGER SENSE I AM. THE MAIN BODY OF ATOMIC VETERANS WERE EXPOSED AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE OR ON NAVAL VESSELS, ALL DURING THE ATMOSPHERIC TESTING WHICH ENDED IN 1963. OTHER VETERANS, LIKE ME, WERE EXPOSED TO RADIOACTIVE ORDINANCE STORED, SHPPED OR USED BY THE ARMED FORCES, OR BY EXPOSURE DURING THE UNDERGROUND TESTING AFTER 1963. I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NEVADA TEST SITE IN 1967-68 FOR THREE MONTHS WHERE I WORKED IN PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE TUNNELS WHERE THE NUCLEAR TESTING WAS DONE. THE GROUND WAS RADIOACTIVE AT VARIOUS DEGREES AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY FOR YEARS TO COME.
I SUPPORT THE AGED ORIGINAL ATOMIC VETERANS IN THEIR QUEST FOR RECOGNITION OF THEIR SERVICE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THEIR ILLNESSES AND MEDALS AND COMPENSATION FOR THEIR WIDOWS AND FAMILIES.
PLEASE CLICK MY LINK TO THE ATOMIC VETERANS ORG. AND LEARN OF THEIR SIMPLE REQUESTS WHICH ARE BEING IGNORED BY THE MAJORITY OF SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN.
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