December 1998 -- February 1999
February 27, 1999--Gerald (Jerry) Callahan was in the US Army, Operations Detachment (7126) on Eniwetok at Operation Redwing.
February 27, 1999--Pat Broudy A message from our Legislative Advisor
February 27, 1999--Family Mail Call was updated for February and made easier to read.
February 26, 1999--David Ellis was an A/C mechanic in the 4926 Test Squadron during Operations Castle, Redwing and Teapot.
February 26, 1999--Wilbur Deeter was in the 762nd QM Subsistence Supply Co., at Operation Upshot / Knothole.
February 22, 1999--Hank Ware was a BM3 in the second division aboard the USS Comstock (LSD-19), at Operation Sandstone.
February 22, 1999--Brawley Marze was a 2nd Lt. in the Signal Corp, 6th Army for Charlie Shot, at Tumbler/Snapper.
February 17, 1999--Harley DeVaux Jr. served on the USS Boxer CVS21 as a Chief Electrician Mate during Operation Hardtack.
February 15, 1999--Operation Greenhouse veteran Felton Bowden offers his custom designed T-shirts for atomic veterans. Visit the T-Shirt Shop.
February 7, 1999--Bob Soper was assigned to the 1211th Test Squadron for Operation Dominic.
February 4, 1999--R.V. Fisher veteran of Operation Crossroads and a working volcanologist describes his impressions of the atomic tests at Bikini in his new book, Out of the Crater
February 4, 1999-- Notice: Eastern Oklahoma Atomic Veterans are meeting on Feb 18th (3rd Thurs).
February 1, 1999--Walter Venator served as an Air Force, electronics technician, at Operation Hardtack.
February 1, 1999--Josh Garner served onboard the U.S.S Taylor DD-468 during Operation Dominic.
January 28, 1999--Richard Peterson served in the CTG 7.3 Boat Pool at Operation Hardtack.
January 27, 1999--Don Lawson was an electronics technician on the USS Orleck DD 886 at Operation Hardtack
January 27, 1999--Bob Fitton, a duty signalman, served aboard the USS Philip DDE 498 at Operation Castle.
January 27, 1999--Posted Family Mail Call "O hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea" -- Navy Hymn
January 17, 1999--C.V. (Bud) Norris, a Damage Control 2nd, served aboard the U.S. Curtiss AV 4 at Operation Castle.
January 16, 1999--Pat Broudy Important Message from our Legislative Advisor
January 16, 1999--Family Mail Call Posted several January emails.
January 16, 1999--Bill Holt, FP2, served aboard the U.S. Curtiss AV 4, from May 1953 through Jan. 1956 at Operations Castle and Wigwam.
January 11, 1999-- Gary Luerding served aboard the USS Lipan (ATF-85) at Operation Redwing.
January 11, 1999--Bob Winters served with the HMR-361, 3rd Marine Air Wing at Operation Plumbbob and on the USS Boxer to the Pacific and Operation Hardtack.
January 11, 1999--Bob Rhodes served with the First Radiological Safety Support Unit as a Radiation monitor at Operations Redwing, Plumbbob and Hardtack.
January 9, 1999--John Kerslake, served on the USS Perkins DDR 877 at Operation Hardtack.
January 1, 1999--Bill Simonton, an aircraft electrician, served with the 4951st Support Squadron at Operation Hardtack.
January 1, 1999--James A. Leggett, served as a seaman, aboard the USS Knudson APD 101 at Operation Redwing and an SH3 aboard the USS DeHaven DD 727 for Operation Hardtack
December 27, 1998--Dick Dunlap answers the mysteries of the shipwreck on Japtan Island on the Wetokian website. Read The Nickajack Trail
December 26, 1998--Charles E. Allison is a Navy veteran, PhM1/c, and was Attached to " D" Co., 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division. FMF at Nagasaki.
December 26, 1998--Herman Carver was stationed aboard the USS Estes AGC-12 during Operation Redwing.
December 26, 1998--Richard (Rick) D. Gillen was aboard the USS Leo, AKA 60 during Operation Ivy.
December 26, 1998--Richard Bosecker was a corporal in the trenches for Shot Nancy, Upshot/Knothole. His son Scott, sent this recent interview.
December 16, 1998--Darrell D McKibbin was in G2 at Fort Riley, Kansas and sent to Nevada for an Upshot/Knothole test.
December 12, 1998--Bernie Clark, Buster/Jangle veteran and Commander of Eastern Oklahoma Atomic Veterans sends notice of their next meeting.
December 12, 1998--Don Doyle served with the 95th Combat Engineers at Operation Teapot and sent an excellent photo of the Met detonation.
December 12, 1998--Charlie Clark was a Navy veteran who's ship anchored in Nagasaki Harbor, Sept. 23, 1945. He was ordered to the beach to establish a communications watch as disembarking Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, began occupation duty.
December 11, 1998--George Wagner was an Airman 2nd Class, US Air Force, AACS on Parry Island during Operation Redwing.
December 10, 1998-- Robert Willson was a pharmacists mate onboard the USS Ablemarle for Operation Crossroads.
December 9, 1998--Joe Tucci writes about his duty aboard the USS Princeton during Operation Dominic.
December 8, 1998--William R. McIntire A/2nd Class, 57 Weather Recon. TDY on Eniwetok for Operation Hardtack..
December 7, 1998--Richard Circosta served on the USS Estes, AGC 12, Flagship for Operation Redwing.
December 4, 1998--Leland Schroeder was in the Air Force with the communications center during Operation Dominic.
December 4, 1998--James A. Moehrle served as Ships Cook 3rd Class, aboard the USS Bottineau APA 235 at Operation Crossroads, sent 3 pictures to be added to his page.
December 3, 1998--Dick Dunlap and Don Whitman veterans of Operation Ivy sent stories to the Wetokian.