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WITNESS TO HISTORY
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Eugene Lykins was part of Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll
Nineteen-year-old Eugene Lykins stared at the calm Pacific Ocean
the morning of July 1, 1946, watching 84 empty warships float in an
idyllic lagoon.
At 9 a.m., an enormous fireball erupted above the water,
descending into a mushroom-shaped column. Through dark glasses, the
young Navy Medical Corpsman said he saw `a bright, bright light . . .
just like when you see a big flash of lightning. Then a few seconds
later, we...
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Cold War's Human Costs Linger; U.S. Owes Millions to Those Exposed to Radiation in Atomic Program
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E. Lee Cheeseman
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; E. Lee Cheeseman, 88 Involved in testing A-bombs Tuesday, May 21, 2002 Bellevue, Wash. -- E. Lee Cheeseman, who played a central role in developing and testing atomic bombs in the 1940s and missiles carrying nuclear warheads in the 1950s, died May 14. He was 88. Cheeseman was assigned to A-bomb
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ON THIS DAY.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England)
; in 1956 the USA dropped the H-bomb on Bikini Atoll island.
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Sending Hope to Africa
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; Tesfamariam, Rahiel Washington Informer 04-21-2004 Operation Crossroads Africa was founded in 1957 by the late Rev. Dr. James H. Robinson with the mission of enhancing the American understanding of Africa and making it possible for young people to offer support to community development projects in
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