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Tag Archives: Nuclear testing at Bikini 1946

William Day Rehearsal, 19 Jul 1946 – Operation Crossroads 75 Years Ago

Aboard the USS Fall River (CA-131), Bikini Atoll,19 Jul 1946, William Day – Today was William Day, the code name for the rehearsal of Test Baker on July 25. The Baker bomb would be the first underwater explosion of an atomic bomb. Nicknamed “Bikini Helen” or “Helen of Bikini”, the 23-kiloton bomb would be lowered…

April 5, 2021 in Book Excerpts.

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.

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.
Cover of Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget! An Eyewitness Account by William L. McGee

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  

June 17, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.
Don't Overthink It... a writer's desk

The morning after (the book is published)

June 8, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

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.  

June 7, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

Check out the “Atomic Vets” video by RetroReports

“ATOMIC VETS” produced by RetroReports… an informative 13-minute video released May 29, 2016.  Dr. F. Lincoln Grahlfs, who wrote the Foreword to Bill McGee’s Operation Crossroads – Lest We Forget! and was at Crossroads, gives on-camera commentary. Thank you to the producers at RetroReport for permission to post.

June 1, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

Cover reveal – “Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget!”

COMING JUNE 2016 IN TIME FOR THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY 

May 25, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

Reviewing the proof copy of “Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget!”

Using his visual aids (Bill McGee became legally blind from macular degeneration in 2003), Bill is reviewing his upcoming memoir, Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget! using a CCTV (a desktop magnifier that enlarges text and images) to view the pages, and an Eye-Pal Solo (the text-to-speech device on his left) to listen to the text.…

May 17, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

Progress report on the memoir “Operation CROSSROADS – Lest We Forget!”

With a publishing goal of June 2016 to mark the 70th anniversary of Operation CROSSROADS, Bill McGee and his co-author/wife Sandra are immersed in the writing of his memoir dedicated to his participation at Crossroads, the first postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. Pictured is a working front cover and title.

May 9, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.

The idea for Bill McGee’s military memoir, “Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget! An Eyewitness Account”

The year 2016 is off to a good start. Part 1 of Bill’s two-part series about his participation at Operation CROSSROADS in 1946 was published in the Winter 2016 edition of the national quarterly magazine of the U.S. Navy Cruiser Sailors Association (USNCSA) … Click on the link to read Operation Crossroads, Part 1, USNCSA…

January 4, 2016 in Operation Crossroads 1946.
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