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Kitselman Yogi Gives Away Ranch Under Spell

Sandra’s Occasional Newsletter – Oct 2021

  A little bit of news… but not too much.  “Love the book you’re writing because you’ll read it a hundred times.” – Posted in the Santa Barbara Writers Conference Facebook Group Shameless Promotion In this year of the 75th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads, the first postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini in 1946, the series…

October 16, 2021 in OF ALL THE NERVE! Sandra's Occasional Column.
Sandra V. McGee, writer/publisher/marketer

Sandra’s Occasional Newsletter – January 2021

A New Year… 12 New Chapters, 52 Revisions, 365 New Chances   Happy New Year! We’re off and running. Fingers crossed. What was the most important lesson I learned in 2020? Gratitude. A focus on what is good in life (e.g., glass half full). Gratitude has proven to be a powerful tool in my navigation…

January 2, 2021 in OF ALL THE NERVE! Sandra's Occasional Column.
Operation Crossroads 1946, the USS Fall River (CA-131)

The Short Life of the USS Fall River (CA-131)

The heavy cruiser USS Fall River (CA-131) was the Target Vessel Control Ship at Operation Crossroads, the first post-war atomic bomb tests at Bikini in the Marshall Islands in July 1946. The Fall River was responsible for positioning the 95 target vessels in the Bikini Lagoon for the Able and Baker bomb blasts, the first from…

January 1, 2021 in Book Excerpts from Operation Crossroads, Post WWII at Bikini 1946.
William L. McGee, 75th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads

National Association of Atomic Veterans, Las Vegas, Sept 14, 2016

Las Vegas, Nevada, September 14, 2016 – The National Association of Atomic Veterans (NAAV) held their annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. NAAV was 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 convention hotel was located within walking distance…

September 21, 2016 in Post WWII at Bikini 1946.
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