I am wearing full length airforce coveralls
this time with T shire and
shorts underneath,
No measuring devices given me, Return to squadron
> at Eniwetok.
Exnosure #3,
About the 7th or @th shot in the series I was at Enivecok
working in my sevadron, Everyone on the island (3 skeleton crew) most
. people removed aboard ships. We were all (about 50 men in our group only
visable) told to so down to avocw waters edze 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 fierce white light that makes everything look like a film nezative
_ and the air shock wave.
Eniwetok lagoon.
No after
‘ffeets at this
time!
This shot was across
I don't remembex the distance and we all wore long pants
and shirt fatigues plus T shirt and shorts. Only a few people had protective
goggles.
I did not cet a pair! No detection devices were given to anyone
either, . This was a 30 to 50 K atom bomb.
Exposure “4. On the very last shot I was ordered to go to AEC island in the
Eniwetox atoll. It was about 35 niles away from Enowetok Air 3ese. This
shot I was abouc 80 miles from zround 0 with 2 20 to 30K ato= tomb.
The
work area «2s 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 flaboergasced aad go to the door
to look, and everybody is crouched behind some large obfact.
Finally some-
one sees m2 standing in the open doorway and they yell “get the hell downl™
At the same tine the sruc goes off. It was a very cloudy ovarcesc day where
we were but claar ac ths shom sire or else they wouldn’: sacot. and I guess
‘the weather protected we om thst day.
I saw a bright srange ball for a few
seconds, .ov late ¢o ger under any cover,.felt the heat of 212 fire ball
and this ore really had an air shock wave that cracked like = good size charge
of dynamite and I felt my ears pop like riding in an airplane along vith sy
body being pulled very quickly through a wringer because of the rapid =nder-
over pressure of the surface air.
of serfes back to states.
.
No {11 effeces fels ac this time.
End
Iwas stationed at Eniwecok-S3ikini for five months. After return to ZI
and being a young bachelor I discovered I was impotent for three senths.
I was getting concerned now to go on sick call when the spell was broken
in Septender 1954 on Labor day = great holiday for mes
Tam very
noise
sensitive, flash bulb sensitive, extrezely nervous for a long time after.
February 1960 I get married.
Aprile 1961 I have a healthy, perfect nine pound baby girl.
abnormalities at age two.
Divorced December 1963 .
Have not seen since:
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