I am wearing full length airforee coveralls shorts underneath, this time with T shirt and No measuring devices given me. Return to squadron at Eniwetok, " Exnosure #3, About the 7th or th short in the series I was at Enivecok working in my squadron. Everyone on the {sland (a steleton crew) nose . people removed aboard ships. We were all (about 50 men in our group only visable) told co go down to avocw waters edge on the beach and lie face ‘down with our hands covering our collars up high and fatigue caps on light and over our ears. This shot we all felt the heat of the fire ball and that fierca white light that makes everything look like a film negative , and the air shock wave. Eniwetok lagoon. No after -ffeets at this time! This shot was across I don't remember the distance and we all wore long pants and shire fatigues plus T shirt and shorts. Only a few people had protective I did not get a pair! No detection devices were given to anyone gogzles. either. . This was a 30 to 50 K atom bomb. Exposure “4. On the very last shot I was ordered to go to AEC islan¢_in the _Eniwetok atoll. It was abour 35 niles away from Enowetok Air 32s2 “This ‘shot Iwas about 80 miles from ground O with 2 20 to 30K atos bond. The work area was a ccrrugated aluminum building. They all said no danger. At shot time minus 1 minute everybody (scientists) scrambles outside the door and dives for cover. i am shocked and flaboergascted and go to tne door to look, and everybody is crouched behind seme large obtect. Finally someone sees me sstanding in che open doorway and they yell “get the hell dowal™ It was a very cloudy aovercesc day where At the sama t ime the suc goes off. laar act ths sho site or else they wouldn’: sixcot. and I guess we were but ‘the weather orotecced we om thst day. seconds, Lo. TI saw a bright orange bali for a few late to ger under any cover,.folt the heat of 212 fire ball and this ora really had san air shock wave that cracked like = good size charge of dynenite and I fele my ears pop like riding in an airplens zlong with sy body being pulled very quickly through a wringer because of the rapid undcer- over pressure of the surface air. of series back to states... No 411 effects felt ac this tire. Iwas stationed at Eniwetok-Bikini for five months. End After return to ZI and being a young bachelor I discovered I was impotent for three seonths. I was getting concerned now to go on sick call when the spell was broken in Septecser 1954 on Labor day = great holiday for mes Iam very noise sensitive, flash bulb sensitive, extrenely mervous for a long tine after. February 190 I gee married. April 1961 I have a healthy, parfect nine pound baby girl. No defects or abnormalities at age two. Divorced Decenber 1963 . t+ wee com ger ee _ BOE ARCHivEs - Have not seen since: