Postcard from Operation Crossroads at Bikini 1946

National Atomic Veterans Day, July 16

Between 1945 and 1963, the United States conducted 235 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific Ocean and the Southwestern U.S. In appreciation of the approximately 250,000 American service men and women who witnessed and participated in these tests, President Ronald Reagan designated July 16, 1983 as National Atomic Veterans Day. Read the full text…

“The Bomb and Its Deadly Shadow: A Memoir” by Dean Warren

There are many books written about the development of the atomic bomb. Thanks to a comment on our website by author Dean Warren, Bill and I read his memoir, THE BOMB AND ITS DEADLY SHADOW: A MEMOIR. Mr. Warren was a participant at Operation CROSSROADS in 1946. Furthermore, his father, Dr. Stafford L. Warren, was…