As the third plane carrying engineers and soldiers landed on Enewetak Atoll, Mobile native Frank Bolton III contemplated the history of the land and the reason for his presence there.
Nearly three decades earlier, in 1945, the threat from Nazi Germany was alive and well in the hearts and minds of Americans. This threat multiplied exponentially as rumors of the Nazis’ rapid advancements in the development of nuclear weaponry grew within the scientific community.
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(Photo/ Courtesy of Frank Bolton III) Service members participating in the cleanup of atomic testing sites in the South Pacific wore little, if any protective gear. Decades later, they are fighting for the same VA benefits currently limited to veterans directly involved with the blasts.
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