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
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