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My father was a Lt. with the Corps of Engineers at Camp Desert Rock. He participated in the atomic tests, and had some remarkable stories. Interesting time.
I bet he had some great stories, that’s wonderful that you remember them . You should post them .would be interesting to read and it’s history
I should. Many are sort of anecdotal, but he wrote a few down. He did once have to keep his troops from trying to save rabbits before the blast...the men were jumping out of their foxholes with detonation in countdown.
Sometimes I wish I could change the color of a like to black.
This tweet sees directly into my soul.
everything stopped except two guys playing ping-pong...
I now have oddly competing urges to build a fallout shelter and play a few hands of blackjack.
Where in NV was the test conducted?
Nye County. About 65 miles from LV per wiki.
Up on the Spring Mountains NRA, west of Las Vegas, there’s a plaque commemorating this ugly era. I’ve always connected the ugliness of nuclear testing to the shameful waste of valuable desert that is Las Vegas. Hideous explosions & destruction all around. – at Bridgeport Ca.
Wow, amazing that the test was conducted so close to a populated area. Imagine that happening today.
Must have been a huge explosion. 65 miles away.
"HOLY SHIT THAT'S TOO CLOSE! On the other hand, free buffet at The Sands..."
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