WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY MORNING AROUND MIDNIGHT 4@ON THIS VETERANS 4@D
WEDNESDAY MORNING AROUND MIDNIGHT 4@ON THIS VETERANS 4@D@ WE FOCUS ON SOME FORGOTTEN
VETERANS. THEY WERE RECRUITED
BY SUPERIORS FROM WITHIN THE
MILITARY. FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WERE
FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN 4@
ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR 4@BOMB
TESTING WHICH THEY SIGNED AN
OATH TO NEVER DISCUSS 4@
GOVERNMENT GUINEA PIGS.
BASICALLY THE RADIATION PIERCED
THROUGH THEIR BODIES TRIGGERING
DECADES OF HEALTH ISSUES. THESE
SERVICEMEN 4@ARE KNOWN AS ATOMI
VETERANS TOO FROM MUSKEGON HAVE
DECIDED 4@TO SHARE THEIR
EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE HAUNTED
THEM EVER SINCE. IN THIS
SEARING INSTALLMENT OF OUR
MICHIGANS LIFE 4@THIS PARTICULA
MONTHTHE THEY CHOSE TUESDAY TO
GET SOME BUDDIES BREAKING BREAD
MOOOOOVING BEST FRIED CHICKEN
LOOKS TASTY. BLOOMBERG 4@IT'S N
THE MAIN FEAST I GOT IN ON
ANOTHER SHIP THE TALES THEY'RE
TELLING RIVARY MOVED TO ARE FAR
MORE FILLING WOUND UP BEING 60 @
ABOUT A SECRET GOVERNMENT
PROJECT. THEY SET US STRAIGHT
UP THERE IN FRONT 4@4@IT'S ALL
AND SICK. SERVICE MEMBER4@S 4@
COMMITED ROADSAS JULY 1846. 4@
U.S. NAVY OFFICER TOM STAFFORD
I WAS IN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS.4
COMMITED ROADSAS JULY 1846. 4@ U.S. NAVY OFFICER TOM STAFFORD I WAS IN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS.4@
LIKE ANY GOOD SAILOR WAS JUST
FOLLOWING ORDERS. THE SHIP HE
WAS SENT TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC
BIKINI TOLD TO PARTICIPATE IN
OPERATION 4@CROSSROADS. THE FIR
WAS SENT TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC BIKINI TOLD TO PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION 4@CROSSROADS. THE FIR@
PEACETIME ATOMIC BOMB TESTS IN
HISTORY BECAME A 4@PLACE IS
READY. TOM BOARDED A
BATTLESHIP. WE WE4@RE ALL DEAD
WASN'T TOLD WHY EVERYTHING IS
IN READINESS 4@FOR THE TEST
STABLE EXPERIMENT A HUMAN
TARGET. THIS IS COVER HERE
COVERING YOUR FACE WHEN THEY
BOMB 4@4@GONZALEZ WITH A FRONT
SEAT TO WHAT WOULD BECOME 4@FIR
BOMB HIDDEN HISTORY DROP FROM
THE PLANE. 4@THIS MA4@Y 4@LOUD @
A CLOUD MADE OF PURE POISON 4@
RISING. THEY SAID YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE SURE 4@TWO MILES
A CLOUD MADE OF PURE POISON 4@ RISING. THEY SAID YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SURE 4@TWO MILES@
REALLY. 4@IT WAS A HALF MILE
CONTAMINATED 4@COVER MEAN BRYNE
LOWER END. TOM STAYED FOR
ANOTHER TEST 4@AND EVERYTHING
MADE READY FOR THE BLIND. THE
SECOND ONE 4@BYRNE THE BIGGEST @
ONE AND THE HIGHER AND THE
LOUDEST ONE GREEN DETONATED
BENEATH THE SURFACE. FIRE A
MORE 4@MASSIVE MUSHROOM CAUSING
RADIOACTIVE WATERFALL 4@TO
CASCADE OVER THE SHIPS. IT WAS
SO HOT 4@FOR RADIATION THEN
RADIATION SO DO YOU DO YOU
THINK 4@YOU HAVE RADIATION
POISONING. 4@I THINK THAT'S ALL
WE NEED. THE 4@SODIUM TO
UNDERSTAND THIS WEAPON SO WE
CAN USE IT. ALLEGAN APRIL 4@195
KOREAN WAR BROKE OUT THURD. I
MEAN FOR GLENN YOU KNOW 4@U.S.
ARMY ENGINEER LENDS TEMPLE
WHERE YOU YOU AND YOU 4@PICKED
YOU THAT WAY WAS AMONG NEARLY
SIX THOUSAND4@ SOLDIERS SENT TO
YUCCA FLATS NEVADA. THEY GIVE
US ABSOLUTELY NO INFORMATION
SAID IF YOU TALK ABOUT IT IT'S @
A COURT MARTIAL OFFENSE. THIS
ONE WAS CALLED 4@OPERATION UPSH
NOT WHOLE. TH4@EY HAD A THREE
FOOT TRENCH 4@WHEN A NURSE
SQUATTED DOWN ON HER KNEES PUT
HER HANDS OVER EYES 4@LENS WAS
ONLY A THOUSAND YARDS AWAY AND
THOUGHT HIGHEND 4@MY THIS
CLOSEDDOOR WHEN THE BOMB WENT
OFF? HERE'S A BLAST IT WENT
OVER HOMEARE SECTOR STRAIGHT
OUT OF THAT TRENCH IT LOOKED
LIKE 4@IT COULD GO IN A FORTY
THREE KILOTONS IT WAS SO HOT I
COULD FEEL MY HEAD IT FELT LIKE
MY HEAD WAS JUST SHRINKING THEY
SAID HAVE NEVER HURT ME I WON'T
HURT YOU THIS IS JUST A TEST I
THINK THEY LIED TO US DURING
THE DECADES SINCE I HAD MY
COLDLET NO LENS 4@4@ANSWERS. HE
SAYS YOU MUST HAD YOUR TONSILS
OUT RADIATION NICE SAYS 4@NO. H
SAID THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT
FACT THAT THYROID YOU HAD
RADIATION FROM SOMEONE AS WELL @
AS IF THE NUCLEAR BOMB TEST. SO
I THINK JUST 4@CANCERS HAVE ALS
CAUGHT UP WITH TOM. HIS PSA DID
BUMP UP PROSTATE AND COLON FOR
SURE. COLON CANCER 4@IS IS
DEFINITELY AT AN INCREASED RISK
WITH EXPOSURE TO RADIATION HAS
DONE QUITE WELL DESPITE HAVING
A REAL AGGRESSIVE TUMOR. 4@THRE
WITH EXPOSURE TO RADIATION HAS DONE QUITE WELL DESPITE HAVING A REAL AGGRESSIVE TUMOR. 4@THRE@
BOMBS WAY DOWN TO SERVICEMEN
ONE COVER UP. DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOUR GOVERNMENT LET YOU DOWN
PUTTING YOU IN HARM'S WAY. YES
ATOMIC VETERANS LIKE TOM
STAFFORD THE HOLES 4@IN THE SHI
THURD AND LEN'S TEMPLE BOARDS
ARE A DYING BREED. DON'T HAVE
MUCH TRUST IN PEOPLE ANYMORE.
WITH THEM GOES THEIR STORY
RIGHT HERE4@ 20 MILES AWAY. THA
MUCH TRUST IN PEOPLE ANYMORE. WITH THEM GOES THEIR STORY RIGHT HERE4@ 20 MILES AWAY. THA@
WAS. THAT'S A LIE. THEIR LEGACY
AS SERVICE MEMBERS WILL FOREVER
BE DEFINED BY THEIR TRUE ENEMY.
THE CITY THEY WERE SERVING YOU
WERE JUST EXPENDABLE HUMAN
BEINGS. 4@YEAH ABSOLUTELY. YOU
DIDN'T THINK YOUR GOVERNMENT
WOULD DO THAT 4@IN NINETEEN
NINETY SIX THE 50 YEAR OATH OF
SECRECY THE ATOMIC VETRANS
SIGNED WAS LIFTED BY PRESIDENT
BILL CLINTON. TODAY SOME ATOMIC
VETERANS ARE RECEIVING
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
FROM THE GOVERNMENT 4@BUT NO
OTHER HONORS HAVE BEEN BESTOWED
UPON THEM. MORE THAN 50 4@YEARS
SINCE THESE NUCLEAR TESTS
UNFOLDED AND MORE THAN 20 YEARS
SI4@NCE 4@THE GOVERNMENT
DECLASSIFIED EVERYTHING. THE
STRUGGLE TO RAISE AWARENESS 4@A
RECOGNITION FOR THE ATOMIC
VETERANS REMAINS NIKKI