...... Printer-Friendly Version ATOMIC VETERANS SLOWLY GAIN RECOGNITION -- "They're called atomic veterans, but they should be called atomic guinea pigs." James Trepoy, an atomic veteran, is pictured in his Salina ... witnesses to above-ground and undersea atomic tests conducted between 1945 and 1963. ... also worked to get recognition for the atomic soldiers. They enlisted former state representative Everett Johnson of Augusta, himself an atomic veteran, to get a resolution adopted in 2004 to recognize and honor Kansas Atomic Veterans. That led Kansas Governor Kathleen... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfmar09/nf032309-2.htm
..... Printer-Friendly Version CANADIAN ATOMIC VETS WANT MORE COMPENSATION, FILE CLASS ... Armed Forces." For more about Atomic Veterans, use the VA Watchdog search ...se ssearch.php?q=atomic&op=and Story here. ...ottawacitizen.com/new s/Atomic+veterans+want+more+ ...------- Atomic veterans want more compensation, file class ... doing anything of a meaningful nature with atomic veterans,' he said. 'They're called atomic veterans, but they should be called atomic guinea pigs.' He said the... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nffeb09/nf020309-8.htm
..... Printer-Friendly Version CANADIAN ATOMIC VETERANS SAY GOVERNMENT IS WITHHOLDING INFORMATION - ... to obtain information. For more about atomic veterans, use the VA Watchdog search .../sessearch.php?q=atomic&op=and Story here. ...------- Atomic vets say Defence is withholding information David ... News Service Veterans exposed to radiation during atomic weapons tests during the Cold War say ... the participation of Canadian troops in the atomic tests. Two of the reports were ... services and disability pensions related to the atomic tests. The briefing note contained information ...," said Huntley of the Canadian Atomic Veterans Association. "They know exactly... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf111107-13.htm
... RECOGNIZE VETS OF U.S. ATOMIC BOMB TESTING FALLOUT -- Canadian veterans ... the Nevada desert 50 years ago during atomic weapons tests will soon receive recognition and possibly compensation. For more about atomic veterans, use the VA Watchdog search .../sessearch.php?q=atomic&op=and Story here. ... recognize veterans of U.S. atomic bomb testing fallout Mike Blanchfield Canwest News ... the Nevada desert 50 years ago during atomic weapons tests will soon receive recognition and ... recognition for the extraordinary service of those atomic veterans, those members of the Canadian ... As far as the Canada's atomic veterans are concerned, they want to... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfDEC07/nf120107-2.htm
..... Printer-Friendly Version "ATOMIC VETERAN" RECOUNTS BOMB TESTS -- ... in 1955, when the government dropped atomic bombs to study their effect. ( ... dropped a 1,500-pound atomic bomb nearby in the first of of a series of 15 atomic blasts conducted that year to study their ... his membership in the National Association of Atomic Veterans, made up of participants in U.S. atomic and nuclear tests between 1945 and 1962 ... any medical problems we have because of atomic tests. I want people to know about what happened to atomic veterans, and all the problems we... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfsep08/nf091608-5.htm
... of war in Japan and an accidental atomic veteran, one of the few Americans briefly exposed to the deadly atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Nagasaki For more about atomic veterans, use the VA Watchdog search .../sessearch.php?q=atomic&op=and Story here. ... of war in Japan and an accidental atomic veteran - one of the few Americans briefly exposed to the deadly atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. ... of war in Japan and an accidental atomic veteran,one of the few Americans briefly exposed to the deadly atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. VA,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf111307-5.htm
...- Comment at bottom of page. ATOMIC VETERAN GETS OUT WORD TO FIND OTHER ..... For decades our government pretended atomic veterans didn't exist. Now ... Use our search engine for more about atomic veterans . ----- ... man helping to spread the word about atomic veterans By Steve Urbon WESTPORT The pictures ... that's the problem. The atomic tests in the South Pacific were state ... movement to spread the word about the atomic veterans, especially to get them the ... of the America, British and French atomic bomb tests from the 1940s to the ... that bound hundreds of thousands of "atomic veterans" to silence about what they... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfmay09/nf052909-5.htm
8. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 05-29-2007 #5 -- ATOMIC TEST VETERAN IS LAST OF A DYING BREED -- Some say they were used as guinea pigs in these bomb tests by the Department of Defense.nf052907-5.htm
...29-2007 #5 -- ATOMIC TEST VETERAN IS LAST OF A DYING ... page: Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page ATOMIC TEST VETERAN IS LAST OF A DYING ...------- Atomic War Vet, last of a dying ...000 American soldiers who took part in atomic bomb testing during World War II and ... 287,000 veterans were exposed to atomic radiation, but there were tens of ... anything. It was the epicenter of atomic and hydrogen bomb testing for the United ... never returned." Although neither an atomic nor a nuclear bomb was detonated while ... playground had been ground zero for three atomic bomb blasts. One of the bombs... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf052907-5.htm
...... Printer-Friendly Version ATOMIC VETERAN RECALLS 1946 BOMB TESTS AND THE ... Bikini Atoll test. For more about atomic veterans, use the VA Watchdog search ...sessearc h.php?q=atomic+veterans&op=ph Be .../2008/sep/21/atomic-vet-recalls/ Story below ...------- Atomic vet recalls 1946 bomb tests and dirty ... nuclear weapons. The fourth and fifth atomic detonations in history, test shots Able ... course, but his perspective on the atomic bomb was shaped more by his pent ..., the sound of Able's atomic blast - by the time it reached... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfsep08/nf092208-2.htm
...------ "ATOMIC VETERAN" STILL FIGHTING FOR VA BENEFITS ... behind." For more about "Atomic Veterans," use the VA Watchdog ...sessea rch.php?q=atomic+veterans&op=ph Story ...----- Southbury 'atomic vet' fights for recognition of illness ... 73, of Southbury, is an atomic veteran -- one of hundreds of ... after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on those cities. Others, ... to government records, 20,793 atomic veterans have received compensation from the VA ... national commander of the National Association of Atomic Veterans, said only one in five... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfapr09/nf040709-5.htm
