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June 2001 -- August 2001

August 31, 2001--Morgan Laird was on Kwajalein with MATS VR8.

August 29, 2001--Don Whitman article posted in the Wetokian Website Chanute Air Force Base After 50 Years.

August 29, 2001-- Lyle Watson was with the 532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment at Operation Sandstone.

August 29, 2001--Robert Eskridge article posted in the Wetokian Website 31-1 AWS Detachment

August 29, 2001--John Pecoraro served aboard the USS Princeton.

August 25, 2001--Philip Drake article posted in the Wetokian Website
The Way it Was Too

August 25, 2001--Jim Carner was with Co. B 84th Engineer Battalion at Operation Plumbbob.

August 22, 2001--Dick Johnson in charge of the ARC-27 at Barber's Point.

August 22, 2001--Louis Culver was on the USS Bairoko at Operation Castle.

August 18, 2001--Message from Pat Broudy Legislative Director
Subject: VA/DIC benefits

August 17, 2001--Giuseppe S. (Joseph) Cappelli was assigned to the Nagato at Operation Crossroads.

August 17, 2001--Dave Stewart was a welder aboard the USS Renville. at Operation Hardtack.

August 17, 2001--Bob McCurley was an Ensign on the USS Fletcherat Operation Ivy.

August 17, 2001--George Dillard was a yeoman on the USS Fletcher at Operation Ivy.

August 6, 2001--OMB Approves Benefits for Vets Suffering from Radiogenic Cancers.

August 6, 2001--56 Years Ago Today In Atomic History
Hiroshima Destroyed by Atom Bomb.

August 5, 2001--Photo Review July 16. Oregon Atomic Veterans meeting.

August 5, 2001--Robert Eskridge was the 31st AWS Detachment Commander at Operation Greenhouse.

August 5, 2001--James and Marvin Carrell 7.3 Boatpool attached to the USS Catamount at Operation Redwing.

August 5, 2001--James (Jim) Mael was on the USS Princeton at Operation Dominic.

August 5, 2001--Loren S. Pryor was aboard the USS Moctobi at Operation Hardtack.

August 1, 2001--Nick Tulve was an HM3 at Operation Dominic.


July 24, 2001--George Coulston was a yeoman aboard the USS Joyce at Operation hardtack.

July 21, 2001--John Bankston was with 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, at Nagasaki.

July 20, 2001--Thomas Alesi was aboard the USS Rowan at Operation Dominic.

July 21, 2001-- Dean Booster was onboard the USS Mount McKinley at Operation Sandstone.

July 19, 2001--Dave Purdy was assigned to the USAF Admin office for Operation Ivy.

July 16, 2001--Steve Osborn was was aboard the USS Badoeing Strait at Operation Redwing.

July 16, 2001 Atomic Veterans Day of Rememberance
Message from the President of the United States
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signs official proclamation.
NAAV Directors Meeting July 16, 2001
Oregon Atomic Veterans Meeting July 16, 2001

July 14, 2001--Donald Knapp was on the USS Charles P. Cecil at Operation Crossroads.

July 12, 2001--Charles H. Monday served at Indian Springs AFB, Nevada for Operation Dominic II.

July 12, 2001--Mike Meglemre served on the USS Iwo Jima at Johnson Island, during Operation Dominic.

July 12, 2001--Bill Thorson was an aircraft mechanic in the 55th AWS at Upshot/Knothole.

July 12, 2001--Roger McMullin was aboard the USS Princeton at Operation Dominic.

July 11, 2001--Harry Sachs was a Nuclear Officer and Observer at Operation Upshot/Knothole.

July 7, 2001--Tim R. Jones was aboard the USS Princeton at Operation Dominic.

July 3, 2001--Wm. O. Keller was an NCOIC at Runit for the Clean-Up.



June 28, 2001--Lynn Kingrey served with the 1211th Test Squadron at Operation Dominic.

June 24, 2001--Gerald E. Smith was an FTG 3 aboard the USS Benner at Operation Hardtack.

June 21, 2001--Robert C. Tomlinson Operation Castle, retired Navy E-7 QMC, passed away on Tuesday, June 19th.

June 14, 2001--Roy Romo was aboard the USS Lipan at Operation Ivy.

June 13, 2001--Governor John Kitzhaber proclaims Atomic Veterans Day in Oregon on July 16, 2001.

June 11, 2001--William L. Riddle was onboard the USS Curtiss AV-4 at Operation Greenhouse.

June 10, 2001--Edward J. Cushing served on the USS Barton DD-722 at Operation Crossroads.

June 8, 2001--Claude Locke was assigned to the 4900th Periodic Maintenance Squadron at Operation Redwing.

June 8, 2001--Les Eldridge served aboard the USS Reclaimer ARS-42 at Operation Dominic.

June 4, 2001--Darrell A. Gilbert served aboard the USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 at Operation Dominic.

June 3, 2001--Ivy Declassified Documents Air Task Group Participation in Mike Shot and Fixed Weather Support for Mike Day Operation Ivy

June 3, 2001--Hardtack Declassified Documents USS Belle Grove (LSD2) Shot Participation Operation Hardtack

June 2, 2001--Martin (Marty) Fox was an Aircraft Mechanic with the 4951st. at Operation Hardtack. (photos)


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