Operation Castle
US Atomic Veterans
Jerry Williams
Jerry Williams sent email about his duty at Operation Castle.
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000
From: Jerry Williams medloe@cybalink.com
To: pdxavets@aracnet.com
Subject: atomic vet
I was aboard the fleet tug USS Apache ATF 67 during Operation Castle,
being a Radioman my station was inside the ship.
My most vivid memory
was the violence of the shock waves after detonation, and then the salt
water spraying of the ship to rid it of contamination, also the way the
sea looked after detonation. The sea had a chalky, milky, simmering kind of appearance, especially one of the
detonations that was close to an atoll, we went in pretty soon after the shot and
that scene always stuck in my mind, kind of like the sea was boiling.
I developed skin cancer in mid-life, and always wondered if it could be
contributed to
Operation Castle.
Jerry R. Williams
Email: medloe@onecliq.net
Keith Whittle
April 16, 2000
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