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On November 1, 1952, "Ivy Mike", the first thermonuclear weapon to utilize the H-bomb design of Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, was detonated in the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean. My uncle was there. He had life-long rashes on his face, but there was never a service connected disability connected to his service.
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We were pretty naive about effects back then but still should have done more to help those "observers".
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SGT Steve McFarland
How long did it take before our government acknowledged the effects of agent-orange exposure and started caring for its victims? A friend of mine is currently fighting his fourth A-O-related cancer.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
SGT Steve McFarland Flew with a few who were involved in Ranch Hand operations, all gone now!
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SGT Steve McFarland
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Lost a brother-in-law a few years ago to several A-O-related problems.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
SGT Steve McFarland Sorry to hear that, as I've posted before, the killer that keeps on killing.
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Our service-members were used as human guinea-pigs when we still didn't know what the effects of nuclear radiation are. That tells you how LITTLE our government values human-life.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
SGT (Join to see) Unfortunately that attitude/mentality exists to this day with agent orange, fire pits, etc....
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LTC Wayne Brandon
SGT (Join to see) - Very likely, Dave. But there is a moral responsibility to look into such claims deeper than they do. Leaving it to the first guy they talk to, to make the decision if it is covered or not is a disservice to the Vet; something that happens far too often even today.
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SGT Steve McFarland
LTC Wayne Brandon Colonel, you know as well as I do that our government will never acknowledge a "moral" responsibility, because our government has no conscience.
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