Congress must support U.S. military vets now sickened by nuclear weapons testing
Commentary by the Fresno-area wife of a vet who died from cancer.
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Commentary by the Fresno-area wife of a vet who died from cancer.
Years later, US veterans with illnesses related to nuclear weapons testing like the Trinity test seen in "Oppenheimer" are still getting benefits.
Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger is looking to call attention to Atomic Veterans Day today, July 16, marking the 78th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear device detonation.
"That's why I got cancer," Noelan “Mac” McCormack said as he set a copy of Leatherneck magazine on his kitchen table. A mushroom cloud rose into the air in the black and white photograph on the page, an image from Operation Tumbler–Snapper, where a teenage McCormack and his fellow Marines in March 1955 were instructed to be as close as possible to the nuclear testing site as the military conducted experiments with this new and powerful force. "We were 3,000 yards away from ground zero on that one," he said.
Commentary I dread Memorial Day. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I don’t honor our military heroes ...