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Tag Archives: Nuclear testing at Bikini 1946

USS “Fall River” shipmates at Operation CROSSROADS reconnect 71 years later

July 1, 2017 – Seventy-one years to the day after the Test Able atomic bomb test at the Bikini Atoll, former USS Fall River shipmates Bill McGee and Paul Dowling reconnected by telephone, thanks to Paul Dowling’s daughter, Paula.  “My dad was at Operation CROSSROADS in 1946,” wrote Paula in an email to Bill in…

July 1, 2017 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

KTVU Fox 2 Interview by Leigh Martinez

  Just in from KTVU Fox 2 (the broadcast station) … The atomic veterans story, which Bill was interviewed for in May, will air on Thursday, June 29, on KTVU Fox 2, in the 5-6 pm news hour. Set your DVRs… (Note: We have not seen the edited version.)

June 28, 2017 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

USS “Fall River” shipmates at Operation CROSSROADS meet up 71 years later

April 5, 2017 – Bill had a nice visit with former Fall River shipmate, Bob “Chris” Chrisman. In 1946, Chris and Bill did duty on the heavy cruiser USS Fall River (CA-131) at Operation Crossroads, the first postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini in July 1946.  Chris had just celebrated his 94th and his son, Rob,…

April 7, 2017 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

Mail Call – Dick Camp, USS “Fall River” shipmate at Operation CROSSROADS 1946

  January 25, 2017 Dear Bill, I read your book, Operation Crossroads – Lest We Forget! stem to stern the same day it arrived. It sure brought back memories and some I didn’t know about, like the beer shack and the warm beer. I have a grandson who did a lot of homework on the…

January 31, 2017 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

Mail Call – John Stambaugh, USS “Fall River” shipmate at Operation CROSSROADS, 1946

January 2, 2017 Dear Mr. McGee: I had been following with keen interest your five-part series in the U.S. Navy Cruiser Sailors Association magazine about the USS Fall River (CA-131) and its participation in Operation CROSSROADS in 1946. We both came aboard the new heavy cruiser in January 1946 in Norfolk, Virginia—I was a Quartermaster,…

January 30, 2017 in Operation Crossroads 1946.
Cover of Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget! An Eyewitness Account by William L. McGee

Book Review – MARK BARNES, WAR HISTORY ONLINE

A big thank-you across the Atlantic to Mr. Mark Barnes for his review of Operation Crossroads – Lest We Forget! Read the full review here WAR HISTORY ONLINE …    Available on Amazon  

November 28, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.
Cover of Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget! An Eyewitness Account by William L. McGee

Book Review – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

  Just in … Review by PUBLISHERS WEEKLY   

October 3, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.
Operation Crossroads 75th Anniversary

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…

September 21, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

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 …

July 19, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.
Cover of Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget! An Eyewitness Account by William L. McGee

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

June 20, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

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