Book Review – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Just in … Review by PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
National Association of Atomic Veterans Convention, Las Vegas, Sept 14
Bill and I went to Las Vegas for the annual convention of the National Association of Atomic Veterans (NAAV) … a non-profit Veterans Service Organization founded in 1979 for the purpose of assisting America’s atomic veterans secure proof of their exposure to ionizing radiation while on active duty. The National Atomic Testing Museum, an affiliate of…
The Short Life of the USS Fall River (CA-131)
The USS Fall River (CA-131)… A Baltimore-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. She was launched on 13 August 1944 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey and named for the town of Fall River, Massachusetts. On 1 July 1945, the Fall River was commissioned with Captain David S. Crawford, USN, in command. On…
Book Review – THE ARK (Tiburon/Belvedere)
A big thank-you to Diane Smith of the Belvedere-Tiburon The Ark for today’s front page story … Read the full story at The Ark, July 27, 2016
Book Review – SCUTTLEBUTT
A big thank-you to Zach Morris, Editor in Chief of Scuttlebutt, the Official Newsletter of the United States LST (Landing Ship, Tank) Association, for the following publicity in the June 2016 issue …
National Atomic Veterans Day, July 16, 2016
On July 16, 1945, the United States conducted its first atomic bomb test – code-named Trinity – set off in a section of the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in New Mexico, 160 miles from Los Alamos. Between 1945 and 1963, the United States would conduct some 235 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific and…
National publicity launched for “Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget!”
National publicity for Operation Crossroads – Lest We Forget! officially launched online at 3 a.m. today … Read the press release at PRWeb 6-20-2016
Book Review – THE MARSHALL ISLANDS JOURNAL
A big thank-you to Giff Johnson, editor, The Marshall Islands Journal … Click to read the review as a PDF file
The morning after (the book is published)
Hot-off-the-press! “Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget!”
Author and atomic veteran Bill McGee (left) delivers the first, hot-off-the-press print edition of Operation Crossroads – Lest We Forget! to Mel Owen, San Francisco attorney and yachtsman. Available on Amazon in Print and Kindle eBook editions.