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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Stryker on November 11, 2009, 09:45:53 AM
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well.. i didn't really know where to post this but i wanted to do it somewhere
i found out some pretty interesting history about my grandpa i never got to meet and about 2 of my uncles who i know very well(well.. i thought i knew them very well, but i NEVER knew this about them)
well i don't know the specific dates right now as i just learned about this today, but my grandfather(moms side) was in the army.. in one of the atom bomb tests the army had 4000 soldiers(2000 above ground, 2000 below ground) in bunkers to "test" the effects of the atom bomb. my grandpa was one of the 2000 in an above ground bunker.
after the bomb was tested.. they followed and observed the 4000 test subjects to see what effects the radiation had on them.. well, i don't know what happened to the other soldiers but.. my grandpa died at 42 years young "largely" of a rare type of leukemia cause from radiation. my mom and grandma say he also had about 14-15 other severe things wrong with him. including his hands deforming..
and on a much less depressing find.. apparently 2 of my uncles both served 3 tours in the korean war(1 was in the marines, one was in the navy). im goin to talk to both of them and find out as much as i can about they're experinces as im very interested in this sort of thing now.
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Very interesting indeed, Stryker. My uncle served in Korea, he was a soldier of the Black Watch, attached to the Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of the British Army. Look 'em up, they were something special. And you might like to take a look at my 'Correct Nomenclature' thread for a pic of Britain's first H-bomb test.
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Yeah some pretty sick and terrible things have been done in the name of Military Tests. I saw some FOIA documents that verified that back in the 50's, they were spraying unwitting people with pathogens at theme parks and other popular places to study the spread patterns of viruses. God knows what they do these days.
-Twitchy
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well.. i didn't really know where to post this but i wanted to do it somewhere
i found out some pretty interesting history about my grandpa i never got to meet and about 2 of my uncles who i know very well(well.. i thought i knew them very well, but i NEVER knew this about them)
well i don't know the specific dates right now as i just learned about this today, but my grandfather(moms side) was in the army.. in one of the atom bomb tests the army had 4000 soldiers(2000 above ground, 2000 below ground) in bunkers to "test" the effects of the atom bomb. my grandpa was one of the 2000 in an above ground bunker.
after the bomb was tested.. they followed and observed the 4000 test subjects to see what effects the radiation had on them.. well, i don't know what happened to the other soldiers but.. my grandpa died at 42 years young "largely" of a rare type of leukemia cause from radiation. my mom and grandma say he also had about 14-15 other severe things wrong with him. including his hands deforming..
and on a much less depressing find.. apparently 2 of my uncles both served 3 tours in the korean war(1 was in the marines, one was in the navy). im goin to talk to both of them and find out as much as i can about they're experinces as im very interested in this sort of thing now.
An uncle of mine was an 'Atomic Marine', and took part in the above ground atomic bomb testing. He and his Marine unit were selected to take part upon their return from Korea. They were chosen to take part in the atomic testing as a reward for their service in Korea during the recapture of Seoul and at Chosin. He died last year from stomach cancer.
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