...... 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. Nicknamed "atomic veterans," the soldiers were part ...000. "They're called atomic veterans, but they should be called atomic guinea pigs," Canadian lawyer Tony... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfmar09/nf032309-2.htm
2. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 09-01-2007 #2 -- TROOPS AND WORKERS PAID STEEP PRICE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- Radiation sickened 36,500 and killed at least 4,000 of those who built bombs, mined uranium and breathed test fallout.nf090107-2.htm
... TROOPS AND WORKERS PAID STEEP PRICE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- Radiation sickened 36, ... TROOPS AND WORKERS PAID STEEP PRICE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- Radiation sickened 36, ... fallout. For more about veterans and nuclear issues, use the VA Watchdog search ...ses search.php?q=nuclear&op=and Story here. ... Mountain News The U.S. nuclear weapons program has sickened 36,500 ... human cost of manufacturing 70,000 atomic bombs since 1945. It is based ... times the current annual federal maximum for nuclear workers. He blames the nuclear tests for a long list of other... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfSEP07/nf090107-2.htm
... FRANCE FINALLY AGREES TO PAY DAMAGES TO NUCLEAR TEST VETS -- For years France ... of silence around the dangers of the nuclear explosions. For more about nuclear test veterans, use the VA Watchdog ...sessearc h.php?q=nuclear+atomic&op=or Story here. .../nov/27/france-nuclear-tests-illness Story below: ... Verger took part in the first French nuclear test in the Sahara desert in 1960 - the controlled explosion of an atomic bomb more powerful than that dropped on... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfnov08/nf112808-5.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. ... and certain civilian personnel who participated in nuclear weapons testing or assisted in the decontamination of the Chalk River nuclear reactor. These ex-gratia payments ... 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 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 ... military's first postwar experiment with nuclear weapons. The fourth and fifth atomic detonations in history, test shots Able ... didn't know any more about nuclear weapons than anybody else. Hiroshima and... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfsep08/nf092208-2.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
..... Printer-Friendly Version "ATOMIC VETERAN" RECOUNTS BOMB TESTS -- ... 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, Cohen ... 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
... 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
9. 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 he was on... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf052907-5.htm
... Version BRITAIN TO LAUNCH HEALTH STUDY OF ATOMIC TEST VETS -- The British government ... into the illnesses suffered by survivors of nuclear tests carried out in Australia. For more about atomic test vets, use the VA Watchdog .../sessearch. php?q=atomic+veterans&op=and Story ...- Britain to launch health study of nuclear test veterans The British government has promised ... into the illnesses suffered by survivors of nuclear tests carried out in Australia. About ... decks and ordered to look away when nuclear bombs were set off. Some remained ... and civilians, participated in the 12 atomic blasts conducted at Emu Field and Maralinga... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfoct08/nf102808-3.htm
