Atomic Veterans Speak Out

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Posted by michael on Sunday July 11, 2004 @11:09PM 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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Those who forget history are doomed... (Score:5, Funny)

by Jack_Frost ( 28997 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @11:17PM (#9671350)

Just like the Germans that bombed Pearl Harbor.

Re:The flip side of the coin. (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @11:21PM (#9671386)

Hey, could someone else please point out it was the second world war? We need to make sure this is pointed out. We really do. It's important. Someone might think it was the first World War when it was really the second. You know? That's important. We can't allow a mistake like this to be uncorrected. Anyone?

Re:vegas and utah got smoked (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @11:22PM (#9671391)

Maybe the U.S. government was trying to get rid of the Mormons?

Re:The flip side of the coin. (Score:5, Funny)

by LostCluster ( 625375 ) * writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @11:28PM (#9671446)

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

Re:Those who forget history are doomed... (Score:5, Funny)

by Eric_Cartman_South_P ( 594330 ) writes: on Sunday July 11, 2004 @11:53PM (#9671602)

Just like the Germans that bombed Pearl Harbor.
Just what we need on Slashdot... a Civil War troll...

Perhaps this is true...perhaps it's not (Score:3, Funny)

by MacFury ( 659201 ) writes: <me.johnkramlich@com> on Sunday July 11, 2004 @11:59PM (#9671638) Homepage

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."

Re:Trinity: The Atomic Bomb Movie (Score:5, Funny)

by ajakk ( 29927 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @12:09AM (#9671698) Homepage

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

Re:A map without a key... (Score:5, Funny)

by crisco ( 4669 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @12:27AM (#9671782) Homepage

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?

Correction (Score:3, Funny)

by MachDelta ( 704883 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @12:49AM (#9671880)

Its supposed to be "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" but I was too lazy to write it out (that and I can never rember how to spell "Oppenheimer") so I copied and pasted from the first google quote I got. Then I hit submit and went "Oh shit, thats not right."

Damn you internet! Damn you for feeding me lies! *Shakes fist angrilly*

You... stupid thing. Useless tool. You... dumb...

I mean...

Aw crap, I never could stay mad at the net for long. Its so cute and innocent!

*Surfs away to Wikipedia*

Re:The flip side of the coin. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @12:53AM (#9671897)

I believe LostCluster has reached an unrivaled pinnacle of crafting the most positively moderated posts regardless of that post's content or lack there of.
Kudos to you, sir. Some may call him a Troll, but I call him the Michael Jordan of /.

Moderation predition: This will be -1, Troll and Lost Cluster's response will be +4, Insightful.

Re:A map without a key... (Score:2, Funny)

by Negatyfus ( 602326 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @03:25AM (#9672467) Journal

Actually, you can write both defence and defense. They are synonymous. So maybe you better go apologize. :)

Re:A map without a key... (Score:2, Funny)

by Xilman ( 191715 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @03:45AM (#9672526) Homepage Journal

Perhaps he/she is a Brit, or someone else who correctly spells the word as "defence", and not as the Americans do "defense". The MOD is Ministry of Defence; the DOD is Department of Defense.
Apparently Israel is spending $500M on defence this year. Defence is thirty feet high and goes all around Israel.
Paul

Re:A map without a key... (Score:3, Funny)

by raehl ( 609729 ) * writes: <raehl311@@@yahoo...com> on Monday July 12, 2004 @06:08AM (#9672957) Homepage

The map is misleading. The radiation doses are affected much more so by elevation than fallout, for most of the country.

At least this explains the high doses for such mountainous states as North and South Dakota, Iowa, and Missouri.

Re:then will you please (Score:2, Funny)

by Flingles ( 698457 ) writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @07:45AM (#9673260) Journal

We could go to 'the beach' like leonardo dicaprio.
Wait that island was run by drug dealers. So it was less corrupt than any current government.

Re:new atomic veterans du238 (Score:3, Funny)

by RobertB-DC ( 622190 ) * writes: on Monday July 12, 2004 @01:54PM (#9676835) Homepage Journal

Human beings are over 11 times as radioactive as natural uranium, and even more radioactive than U-238.

Don't tell Ashcroft. He'll round us all up as "nuclear suicide bombers"!

(my, aren't I cynical today?)

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Those who forget history are doomed... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:The flip side of the coin. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:vegas and utah got smoked (Score:1, Funny)

Re:The flip side of the coin. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Those who forget history are doomed... (Score:5, Funny)

Perhaps this is true...perhaps it's not (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Trinity: The Atomic Bomb Movie (Score:5, Funny)

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Correction (Score:3, Funny)

Re:The flip side of the coin. (Score:1, Funny)

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