Operation Plumbbob 1957
US Atomic Veterans
Jim Lyons
Jim Lyons sent email about his duty at Operation Plumbbob.
From: JMNRDS@aol.com
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005
Subject: Desert Rock
To: pdxavets@aracnet.com
I was in communications with the 232nd Signal Co. (support), located out
of Ft. Huachuca Az. We were assigned to NTS, from May to September, 1957.
We furnished radio and other support. In addition, I believe the AEC was
monitoring different frequencies to see the effect they may have on their triggering
devices. Most of the group stayed in quonset huts at Camp Desert Rock, while
some had off base housing in Las Vegas.
The rememberances of the NTS I have include; how God
awful hot it got in the quonset huts, and how much it was appreciated when some of
us were able to spend time in a trailer court in North Las Vegas, swimming
pool included. Not your typical military housing!!!!!! The absolute beauty
of the mushroom clouds and the rushing of the sound waves coming across the
desert floor, kicking up dust, knowing the devastation these bombs have brought
and could continue to bring, if some semblace of sanity could not be reached
in the world community. Other things come to mind including, having an
opportunity to see some of the shows on the strip, and wondering why I didn't buy 20
acres of desert beyond the Tropicana in 1957. Some of my friends have
passed, and I wonder if any of them was the result of the many detonations that
occured while we were assigned to Camp Desert Rock.
Thank You
Jim Lyons
Menasha Wi
Email: JMNRDS@aol.com
Keith Whittle
March 13, 2005
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