As kids, growing up on a ranch in Blythe, CA, I remember our dad taking my brother and me out into the pasture to watch the nuclear tests in Nevada. We were over 100 miles away, but the sky would light up to the northeast. Dad would pick out a tree in the distance and tell us to watch the sky above it. It was impressive to a 7-year-old. Sort of off topic, I remember being out doing my chores when a B-36 would fly over at 20,000' or so. We could hear the rumble and see the con trail.
My grandfather participated in IVY and Operation Redwing. He was in the USAF. Amazing stories he told of life on Eniwetok, the bombs, and the ways they were used as test subjects. He never lived long enough to see these declassified videos and he was only able to describe the experience. Expectedly, his descriptions were accurate. I can't imagine coming back from the pacific proving grounds having seen and experienced this and not being able to properly express what you saw. They probably didn't believe him.
it never seemed to have crossed the minds of the people in the film. that America's enemies might go ahead and build a hydrogen bomb themselves. The Americans tried to keep the how to make the bomb a secret, but as someone pointed out, the only real secret to be uncovered was that it worked.
And to think this shot wasn't even close to what the commies set off with the tsar bomba ! Lets hope the atom is used for more peaceful endeavors in the future !
And to think the yields from those devices wasn't as much as they would have wished for...makes you shudder to think about the yields that must be provided by current nuclear weapons.
As kids, growing up on a ranch in Blythe, CA, I remember our dad taking my brother and me out into the pasture to watch the nuclear tests in Nevada. We were over 100 miles away, but the sky would light up to the northeast. Dad would pick out a tree in the distance and tell us to watch the sky above it. It was impressive to a 7-year-old.
Sort of off topic, I remember being out doing my chores when a B-36 would fly over at 20,000' or so. We could hear the rumble and see the con trail.
That's absolutely incredible!
My uncle, Merle Vernon Davis was killed on that atoll in 1944. They moved his body to home in 1950.
My grandfather participated in IVY and Operation Redwing. He was in the USAF. Amazing stories he told of life on Eniwetok, the bombs, and the ways they were used as test subjects. He never lived long enough to see these declassified videos and he was only able to describe the experience. Expectedly, his descriptions were accurate.
I can't imagine coming back from the pacific proving grounds having seen and experienced this and not being able to properly express what you saw. They probably didn't believe him.
Thank you for the details in the description.
Awesome
Nice artwork😊
It is surprising that the creators of the thermonuclear bomb, Ulam and Teller, are not mentioned once. Not once do we hear their names.
I was hoping to see Godzilla... :-(
it never seemed to have crossed the minds of the people in the film. that America's enemies might go ahead and build a hydrogen bomb themselves. The Americans tried to keep the how to make the bomb a secret, but as someone pointed out, the only real secret to be uncovered was that it worked.
Hmm❤😮😢🎉😊turn radiators up love its chilly on here❤🎉😊
A false sense of survival. JIC & WI Just in Case / What If
Captain Paul❤😊The 3rd😊
❤😊I was there❤😊
C that man 😊he went gozzy😊
It's spelled Enowetok
In point of fact, your statement is incorrect; it is spelled "Enewetak" but can also be spelled "Eniwetok" or "Eniewetok."
@@TheDoctor1225 my statement is incorrect due to spelling?? Your comment is unbecoming of a man of your intelligence.
@@alandavis9644 i mean it is incorrect. TheDoctor1225 is right, you are wrong.
You're statement solely pointed at the supposed incorrect spelling is indeed incorrect due to incorrect spelling. @@alandavis9644
Clean up your mess America.
Too late, it's already out of the bottle.
And to think this shot wasn't even close to what the commies set off with the tsar bomba ! Lets hope the atom is used for more peaceful endeavors in the future !
And to think the yields from those devices wasn't as much as they would have wished for...makes you shudder to think about the yields that must be provided by current nuclear weapons.