"... it is believed that they (Don Whitman's Air Force records) may have been destroyed in a fire at the St. Louis Personnel Records Center in 1973."
--- From a 1986 reply to Don Whitman from Congressmen Alan Wheat regarding Don's request for information about radiation exposure while at Eniwetok.
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". . The Nevada Test Site, the proving ground for America's warheads, is kept in working order so underground testing could resume on short notice."
Scott Cannon writing for the Kansas City Star about uncertanities in making sure that weapons in the aging nuclear stockpile are kept in working order.

"... at 3 p.m. the next day Hester passes close to Eniwetok. Winds of over 70 knots are reported from the island. Extensive damage is suffered as buildings collapse, injuries are inflicted, a small boat is wrecked. No major injuries are reported, but there are 18 minor casualties."
Report on typhoon HESTER in TransPacifican, January 21, 1953. (Story by SSgt. John Spade)

"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." ~Albert Einstein

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