Hawaii - Introducing The Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act H.R. 632 and S. 283 - 115t
UPDATED 2/6/2017: U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Al Franken want health care benefits for Americans who were exposed to radiation when...
Struggle continues for compensation for radiation exposure - Enewetak Atoll
By Sabrina Salas Matanane Bio Email Robert Celestial started the fight over a decade ago and he doesn't plan to stop. "We're always...
Atomic veterans continue push for recognition and compensation
Topics: Returning Home to Battle - Categories: Dig By Jennifer LaFleur / November 11, 2016 Veterans who participated in the U.S. atomic...
A Journey's End! A Solider, Lawmaker, Husband, Father, Son to a Nation - Laid to Rest - Remember
All the veterans of Enewetak Atoll, who served during the clean-up project during 1977-80 wish to express our sincere appreciation and...
Minnesota man reflects on his role in atomic bomb test Wilfred "Bill" Hemker
By Richard Chin, St. Paul Pioneer Press on Jul 3, 2016 at 5:21 p.m. SPRING LAKE PARK, Minn. — Thanks to the anniversary of this nation’s...
Vincent Lewis, Enewetak Atoll (1979) Glimmers of Light
Introducing a series of narrative articles about the Atomic Cleanup Veterans of Enewetak Atoll. The following are first-hand accounts...
Bikini islanders - Fallout US nuclear tests 70 years later - Damage continues effecting military, ci
In 1946, French fashion designer Jacques Heim released a woman’s swimsuit he called the “Atome” (French for “atom”) – a name selected to...
Bikini Islanders Still Deal With Fallout US Nuclear Tests 70 Years Later
Photo Credit: © (Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images) The Baker test during Operation Crossroads, a series of two nuclear weapons tests...
Vets Got Cancer After Cleaning Up Nuclear Site at Enewetak Atoll
Vets Who Got Cancer After Cleaning Up Nuclear Site are Looking for Help Hundreds of veterans who developed cancer as a result of their...
America’s atomic vets: ‘We were used as guinea pigs – every one of us’
Reveal -from The Center for Investigative Reporting: By Jennifer LaFleur - May 27, 2016 - The Atomic Veterans and the Enewetak Atoll...
