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- 09/17/2017 TM Fitzgerald – From Service to Sacrifice: Cold-War, Hot Ground Introducing the Atomic Cleanup Story Of the Marshall Islands
- 09/03/2017 Civilian Exposure – An Atomic Clean-up Had Been Turned Into An Atomic Cover-up
- 08/24/2017 Civilian Exposure – Enewetak Atoll – Marshall Islands
- 07/27/2017 WRAL Investigates – Vets who cleaned up nuclear test sites seek extra health benefits
- 07/27/2017 KCEN-TV – Atomic cleanup veterans asking for public’s help in getting medical care
- 07/15/2017 Star News – Unsung heroes
- 05/26/2017 WLBZ2 – Maine soldier gets much-deserved recognition years after service
- 05/20/2017 Operation Stand Together – Daniel Sullivan Speech
- 05/20/2017 Operation Stand Together – Harry Daniel Speech
- 05/15/2017 MNSRC Minnesota Senate Republicans Caucus – Legislation designating Atomic Veterans Day passes Senate
- 05/15/2017 The Vintage News – A concrete dome on the Runit Island contains 111,000 cubic yards of radioactive debris
- 04/07/2017 Pacific Daily News – Veterans share frustrations at hearing on Agent Orange, radiation resolutions
- 03/29/2017 Pacific Daily News – Resolutions support inclusion in bills dealing with Guam contamination
- 03/17/2017 WFRV – Hometown Hero: John Baenen – Green Bay man fights with others for atomic veterans status for atoll clean up
- 03/08/2017 The Brunswick News – Army vet part of nuclear cleanup
- 02/23/2017 KUAM News – Senator Terlaje fighting for Agent Orange victims
- 02/06/2017 My Central Oregon – Wyden, Merkley Co-Sponsor Bill to Bring “Atomic Cleanup Veterans” The Health Care They Need
- 02/03/2017 Brainerd Dispatch – Franken introduces bill to help nuclear cleanup veterans
- 01/31/2017 San Antonio Express News – Troops who cleaned up radiation denied care; After work on atoll, hundreds plagued by health problems, including cancer
- 01/30/2017 Twice Risen Sun – The Glow By Nighters
- 01/28/2017 The Seattle Times – Vets are left to pay high price for U.S. nuclear tests
- 01/28/2017 New York Times – Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can’t Get Medical Care
- 01/28/2017 Alaska Dispatch News – Veterans pay the cost for U.S. nuclear tests
- 01/03/2017 Bucannan Report – Our guest will be Harry Daniels. Harry was one of the veterans that was involved in the Atomic Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll
- 12/30/2016 ABC Newspapers – Veteran receives medal for nuclear clean-up efforts
- 11/11/2016 Reveal News – Atomic veterans continue push for recognition and compensation
- 08/25/2016 Martitime Logistics – Enewetak Atoll
- 08/04/2016 Rebekah Love – Marshall Islands: A Culture Damaged through Scientific Exploration and Encounters with Western Civilization
- 07/17/2016 The Oregonian | OregonLive – Atomic veterans battle against illnesses and for recognition
- 06/07/2016 Smithsonian – Marshall Islands are Becoming Less Nuclear
- 06/07/2016 Daily Mail UK – Bikini Atoll is STILL uninhabitable: Radiation on island exceeds safety standards nearly 60 years after nuclear tests
- 06/02/2016 Miltary Times – We were guinea pigs: Documentary puts Atomic Veterans in limelight
- 05/27/2016 Reveal News – America’s atomic vets: ‘We were used as guinea pigs – every one of us’
- 05/24/2016 Bucannan Report – Gary Pulis and Paul Laird Re: Enewetak Atoll Clean-up Project
- 04/18/2016 American Legion Video – Put an end to the wait
- 04/05/2016 FoxNews – Stricken vets who cleaned up 1950’s nuke test sites seek help from lawmakers
- 04/03/2016 Military Times – Veterans Facing Cancer Hope That ‘Atomic Veteran’ Bill Becomes Law
- 04/03/2016 Bangdor Daily News, Maine – Maine veterans facing cancer hoping that ‘atomic veteran’ bill becomes law
- 03/09/2016 KREM2 – Lawmakers fight for aspiring Atomic Veterans
- 03/02/2016 KREM2 – Post Falls man wants to be ‘Atomic Veteran’
- 03/00/2016 American Legion Magazine – Invisible Bullets
- 02/24/2016 American Legion Video – Legion Commander addresses Washington Conference attendees
- 02/19/2016 American Legion Video – Toxic Paradise – Enewetak Atoll cleanup project veterans
- 01/06/2016 Honolulu Civil Beat – Nuclear Victims: Will We Help Vets Who Cleaned Up After Atomic Blasts?
- 11/27/2015 The Washington Post – A ground zero forgotten
- 11/11/2015 TheTimes-Tribune Scranton PA – Chris Kelly: An Atomic Age wound is left to atrophy
- 11/11/2015 Local21News Harrisburg PA – http://bit.ly/WHP21CBS (removed by Local21News)
- 09/16/2015 Lagniappe Mobile Alabama – Cover Story: Local veteran organizes service members affected by nuclear cleanup
- 08/15/2015 KITV 4 News Hawaii http://bit.ly/1NaDXAQ (removed by KITV)
- 08/14/2015 Radio New Zeland – No leaks from Marshalls nuke dome
- 07/18/2015 World Bulletin – Runit Dome in Pacific leaking radioactive waste
- 07/09/2015 A Green Road Journal – Runit Island Cactus Dome in the Marshall Islands Is A Ticking Plutonium Nuclear Waste Time Bomb, 8,000 Veterans Exposed to Radiation
- 07/07/2015 News.com.au – Deadly dome of gorgeous Pacific island leaking radioactive waste
- 07/03/2015 Süddeutsche Zeitung; South German Newspaper – Dom des Todes; Dome of Death
- 07/03/2015 The Guardian – This dome in the Pacific houses tons of radioactive waste – and it’s leaking
- 07/03/2015 The GroundTruth Project – It’s officially known as Runit Dome. Locals call it “The Tomb.”
- 07/03/2015 The GroundTruth Project – GroundTruth: Marshall Islands
- 05/30/2015 The Washington Times – Veteran links health issues to Marshall Islands radiation
- 05/25/2015 KHON2 – Forgotten Heroes: Service members left out after cleaning America’s atomic waste
- 05/24/2015 The Journal Gazette – Stay in paradise costs Army vet
- 05/24/2015 The Huffington Post – ‘The Other Side of Memorial Day,’ or Dying in Paradise
- 05/01/2015 Foreign Policy Interrupted – Interruptor Series, No. 23: Coleen Jose and Kim Wall
- 04/24/2015 The GroundTruth Project – Stories from quarantine: Reporters tested for radiation in the Marshall Islands
- 04/13/2015 Military.com – Atomic Cleanup Vets Seek VA Recognition
- 04/10/2015 The GroundTruth Project – No one’s drowning baby
- 04/09/2015 Bangdor Daily News, Maine – Maine politicians seek answers for veterans who cleaned up after nuclear testing
- 04/06/2015 Military.com http://goo.gl/KmU2pw (no longer available)
- 04/05/2015 Bangdor Daily News, Maine – Veterans battle VA for atomic designation (updated 9/3/2016)
- 04/02/2015 WCSH6 TV News – Atomic clean-up veterans asking for help 40 years later
- 03/24/2015 Sun Journal, Maine – http://goo.gl/a5Z8rd (pay to view)
- 03/24/2015 Stars and Stripes Magazine – ‘Atomic veteran’ seeks help 40 years after cleaning up nuclear test site
- 03/24/2015 Bangdor Daily News, Maine – Belfast veteran seeks help 40 years after cleaning up nuclear test site
- 12/03/2014 The New York Times – A Pacific Isle, Radioactive and Forgotten
- 08/01/2014 Newsweek – Marshall Islands Nuclear Lawsuit Reopens Old Wounds
- 10/00/2013 U.S. Department of Energy – A Visual Description of the Concrete Exterior of the Cactus Crater Containment Structure
- 06/25/2013 Atlas Obscuria – Cactus Dome: A Concrete Cap for a Nuclear Crater
- 01/13/2013 Amusing Planet – Runit Dome: The Radioactive Trash Can on Enewetak Atoll
- 06/01/2012 Counter Punch – Nuclear Savages
- 02/15/2012 Christian Forestell – Cactus Dome Walkabout
- 11/00/2011 Adam Jonas Horowitz – Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
- 11/00/2008 Artificial Owl – The nuclear trash can of the pacific on Enewetak Atoll
- 06/10/1988 Robert Stone Productions – Radio Bikini
- 09/00/1982 U.S. Department of Energy – Enewetak Radiological Support Project – Final Report
- 06/16/1980 Army Times – More Than 3,000 Eligible – HSM Awarded for Eniwetok Cleanup
- 03/16/1980 CBS 60-Minutes – Remember Enewetak!
- 06/00/1979 Enlisted Times – Cancer Duty or Humanitarian Mission?
- 11/11/1978 Wild Kingdom – Shark Pack of Enewetak
- 07/00/1978 Airman Magazine – Recovering a Paradise Lost
- 00/00/1976 Defense Nuclear Agency – Enewetak Cleanup 1976 Defense Nuclear Agency; Pacific Atoll Nuclear Test Cleanup
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We urge our supporters to encourage their politicians to co-sponsor and support legislation which will include all Marshall Island Atomic Cleanup Veterans in the U.S. Government Veterans Administration’s definition of a veteran “who participated in radiation-risk activities during active service.”
Article written by Girard Frank Bolton, III. 1977-1979 participant with C Company and HHC S-3 (Operations) 84th Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy) (Fwd) Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.