1956 - 2006 Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Military Participation in Pacific Proving Grounds 1956 U.S. Department of Energy photos: Shots Dakota, and Apache. Click on the pictures to get a larger view. This series of thermonuclear and atomic weapons tests consisted of 17 detonations at Bikini and Eniwetok atolls, including the first airdrop by the U.S. of a thermonuclear weapon. DNA Operation Redwing Fact Sheets. Page 1 Page 2 Use the Back button to return to this page. Declassified Redwing Documents United States Atomic Veterans Wayne Parsons served as a HQ Clerk in the Army Phil Jacksi served aboard the USS MaGoo. George Lindell served as an EN2 aboard the USS Catamount. David Earl was an RD-3 aboard the USS Badoeing Strait. Saylor S. Milton was an Army PFC (Private First Class) with the 505th MP Co. Julian Relf was a member of the Flight Deck Crew on the USS Badoeing Strait. David A. Montgomery was a BT3 aboard the USS Badoeing Strait. Cecil Leech served aboard the USS Badoeing Strait CVE116. Bill Bonham was a Petty Officer on the USS Mt. McKinley during Operation Wigwam and Redwing. Ron Larson served as an IC2 aboard the USS Catamount. Mike Barrier was an Ensign assigned to the Gunnery/Deck Department, on the USS Badoeng Strait. Joe Morrison was NCOIC Detachment #3, 9423 TU, Army Communications and Administration Network. Tom Simms was an Aviation Mechanic aboard the USS Badoeing Strait. Charles Morgan served with theHeadquarters Detachment at Eniwetok. Billy Wayne Hammonds served aboard the USS Navasota (AO-106). Gary Gray served with the Electronics Crew on the USS Badoeng Strait CVE116. Raymond Barringer was aboard the USS Navasota. S. Don Jorgensen was an ET1 with the Coast Guard Loran Station. Pat Simoniello served with the 49th Air Rescue Squadron. Robert Dowdy was a technician for RayDist Navigation Company. Horace Barnes served as a BT3 aboard the USS McGinty 365. Jim Pruitt served as a YN aboard the USS McGinty 365. David Thompson was with the gun gang on the USS Navasota AO 106. July, 2002 Roy Rains who served aboard the USS Silverstein DE 534 at Operation Redwing 1956, has passed away. Marshall Illi was a Pipefitter 2 on the USS Navasota AO 106. Jim Gregory was on the Navasota and Lansing DER 388. Edmund L. Taylor served aboard the USS Badoeng Strait. Ed Ries served with the CTG 7.3 Boat Pool. August, 2005 Norman Kroll who served aboard the USS Walton DE 361 at Operation Redwing 1956, has passed away. James and Marvin Carrell 7.3 Boatpool attached to the USS Catamount LSD 17. Claude Locke was assigned to the 4900th Periodic Maintenance Squadron. Philip Drake was with Holmes and Narver at Eniwetok. Photos Gene Honn was in the Army assigned to the Post Exchange. Tom Young was stationed aboard the USS Navasota (AO-106) Steve Osborn was an ET aboard the USS Badoeing Strait Andy Adams was aboard the USS Curtiss. Kenneth Fink was stationed onboard the USS Curtiss (AV-4) William Leeuwenburg who served on the USS George EastmanYAG 39, has passed away. Troy Wilson served aboard the Badoeng Strait Clyde Fry was a SH3 aboard the USS Silverstein DE 534. Paul Teachey was stationed aboard the Granville S. Hall Yag 40. Richard Mead was stationed aboard the USS Caliente AO-53. Bill Searle was a Signal Corps stock records clerk in Depot Supply. Ronnel C. Brown Sr., was assigned to the third division, aboard the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) Thomas Welhouse was a Radioman 2nd Class, aboard the USS Lipan (ATF-85). R. E. Lamb was a teletype operator and worked in the Commcenter. Robert (Ski) Majchrzak served aboard the AGC 12 USS Estes in the Commissary. Robert "Bob" Hutchins was in the Army and worked at the Commissary. George Joseph was an Aerographers Mate on the USS Estes. Don Hrivnak was a TE3 aboard the USS Badoeng Straits. Arnold Harlan was a Pvt. in Army Communications at Wetok and Japtan. John W. Smith served aboard the USS Silverstein DE-534 and sent a Plan of the Day for 28 May 1956. Raywood Viator was a Metalsmith 3rd class aboard the USS James E Kyes Wm F. (Bill) Schuppner served as an Electrician Mate fireman on the USS Knudson Robert W. James was with the 7126 Quartermaster. March 18, 2001 Tom Harold an Atomic Veteran of Operation Redwing 1956, who served as an RM3 aboard the USS Navasota has passed away. Doug Beggerly was a Flight Commander of the B-57's stationed at Eniwetok. [2 photos] Walter Lewis a member of the USS Walton DE 361 has passed away. Bob Ruyle was an RM2 aboard the U.S.S. Navasota AO-106 [2 Photos]. Homer Williams served aboard the USS Estes, AGC 12, at Redwing. Mickey (Charlie) Feltus was a member of the Cryptographic group on Eniwetok. Byron Timmons was a Radarman 3rd Class on board the USS Estes AGC-12 Harry L. Francis was a mechanic in the Rotary Wing Maintenence Squadron on Eniwetok. (Photo) Cliff Brooks was a Pfc at the QM warehouse on Eniwetok. Lee L. Whipple was assigned to the USS Knudson APD-101 in January 1956 and started duties as a mess cook. Gerald (Jerry) Callahan was in the US Army, Operations Detachment (7126) on Eniwetok. David Ellis was an aircraft mechanic on an F-84 sampler with the 4926 Test Squadron, during Castle, Redwing and Teapot. Gary Luerding served aboard the USS Lipan, ATF-85 at Operation Redwing. August 19, 2000--Robert M. Rhodes Jr. an Atomic Veteran of Operation Redwing 1956, Operation Plumbbob 1957, Operation Hardtack 1958 and who served with the First Radiological Safety Support Unit as a Radiation monitor has passed away. James A. Leggett served aboard the USS Knudson APD 101 as a seaman at Operation Redwing. Herman Carver a lithographer, was stationed aboard the USS Estes AGC-12 from 1955 - 1960. George Wagner was an Airman 2nd Class, US Air Force, AACS on Parry Island during Operation Redwing. Richard Circosta served on the USS Estes, AGC 12, Flagship for Operation Redwing. Harold Wainscott publishes a newsletter and website by and for the US Air Force Weathermen, stationed at Eniwetok during the atomic tests. Larry Long served as a Fire Control Tech aboard the USS McGinty DE 365 during Opration Redwing. Lawrence Gohagan served aboard the USS Knudson APD101 during Opration Redwing. Ken Beranek was onboard the USS Chickasaw during Opration Redwing. Richard Cowan was a Pfc. in the 505th MP Battalion at Operation Redwing. Gilbert Jones was a sergeant in the Motor Pool at Operation Redwing. Richard Moore was a Boilerman Fireman on the Knudson APD 101 at Operation Redwing. Bruce Anderson in the CTG 7.3 boat pool as an ET2C recounts his experience at Redwing. Guy M. Davis flew air sampling missions during Operation Redwing. Jack G. Childs (PA ) was a Marine, assigned to HMR 363, as part of the advance party, for Operation Redwing. Leroy Peffer (Washington) served as an Electricians Mate on the weapons carrier USS Curtiss during Operation Castle, Wigwam, Redwing and Hardtack. Keith Kassel, (Georgia) stationed aboard the USS Catamount describes his duty during Operation Redwing. Richard Flory (California), watched the Redwing detonations from the USS Navasota AO 106. Al Wheyland (Pennsylvania) sent us this Christmas Story from Eniwetok Atoll in 1956. August, 2003 Vince Paynter (North Carolina) part of the weather team, has passed away. Doug Brooks an Australian from (Adelaide), watched the British atomic detonations of Operation Mosiac in 1956. Bob Swart, was aboard the USS Curtiss AV4. John Hallenbeck worked in the PX on Enewetok. Gerald (Jerry) Cetto was aboard the USS James E. Kyes DD 787 during Redwing. He also sent the DNA Fact Sheets for the Operation. Marty Karrer an FTA3 was aboard the USS James E. Kyes. March, 2004 Glenn Griffeth an Airman First Class on Eniwetok and a Portland Oregon resident has passed away. Gary Anderson was, an enlisted radioman (RM2), aboard the flagship USS Estes AGC12.. Gary sent the USS Estes's Plan of the Day for June 12, 1956. Bill Mozingo, USN Ret., whose father served in Operations Wigwam and Sandstone and died at age 59, sent a list of the Ships on station at Redwing. David J. Thomas Crossroads atomic veteran, of Cape Coral, Fla. sent us a great newspaper article apprearing in the Cape Coral Daily Breeze (Florida) about Air Force Captain Norman Proctor during Operation Redwing. We appreciate his contribution and invite you to read the story of his atomic duty. Linked under Operation Crossroads, U.S. Atomic Veterans. 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