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re: Love letter from my Grandfather to Grandmother in 1946 w/first hand A-bomb account.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 4:32 pm to BRIllini07
Posted on 7/17/18 at 4:32 pm to BRIllini07
I love how the description of the bomb was secondary to that of the caterpillar in the beans!
Although it's sweet to see how they felt about each other, it also feels kind of like invading someone's privacy when you read some of that stuff. And sometimes you discover things that are TMI.
Example: We found some old letters sent during wartime between some now-deceased relatives (before they were married). If you read them carefully, you can see that they almost had a pre-marital "oops!" baby. There was a lot of relief expressed when someone's "monthly visitor" arrived.
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Left off the last few paragraphs which were full of a bunch of "I miss you so much" type stuff that was a lot less stoic and more touchy feely than the man we remember was.
Although it's sweet to see how they felt about each other, it also feels kind of like invading someone's privacy when you read some of that stuff. And sometimes you discover things that are TMI.
Example: We found some old letters sent during wartime between some now-deceased relatives (before they were married). If you read them carefully, you can see that they almost had a pre-marital "oops!" baby. There was a lot of relief expressed when someone's "monthly visitor" arrived.
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 4:38 pm
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Posted on 7/17/18 at 4:33 pm to CarRamrod
Damn! It destroyed his DNA.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 4:45 pm to BRIllini07
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this noon during chow
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but alas-alak
Posted on 7/17/18 at 5:09 pm to BRIllini07
Amazing. 
Posted on 7/17/18 at 5:19 pm to nerd guy
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Daghlian was attempting to build a neutron reflector manually by stacking a set of 4.4-kilogram (9.7 lb) tungsten carbide bricks in an incremental fashion around a plutonium core. The purpose of the neutron reflector was to reduce the mass required for the plutonium core to attain criticality.
Referred to as "Tickling the Dragon's Tail"
Posted on 7/17/18 at 5:41 pm to BRIllini07
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The picture looks to me like one of those you gettaken on the street when you arnt expecting it but judging from the smiles I kinda sorta think you were.
I see some things haven't changed in 70 years
Posted on 7/17/18 at 6:29 pm to BRIllini07
Thanks for sharing this, one of the best posts I've seen on here. 
Posted on 7/17/18 at 6:30 pm to BRIllini07
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it looks to me like it was taken somewhere in the loop
Well we know it wasn't Baton Rouge.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 7:32 pm to Jim Rockford
Where was he during this incident? Bikini is like 2,000 miles away
Posted on 7/17/18 at 7:45 pm to Enadious
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The doctors didn't care about his life. He became an experiment. They weren't going to let an opportunity to go to waste.
I mean...... that’s kind of the Japanese way. Unit 731 says hey
Posted on 7/17/18 at 7:45 pm to BRIllini07
If you ever consider donating the letters and other WWII memorabilia, I.am sure the WWII Museum in New Orleans would love to have them. Thanks so much for sharing the letters.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 7:48 pm to BRIllini07
I've always heard they used the soldiers and sailors that scored lowest on aptitude tests for A-bomb research. It's also well documented that the radiation exposure left most of them sterile. Glad to see your grandfather pulled through.
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 7/17/18 at 8:29 pm to BRIllini07
In the early 80’s, the bury your face tactic was still in use. “arse to the Blast,” hit the ground and bury your face in your arms on the ground.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 8:38 pm to BRIllini07
I just went to the WW2 museum for the first time. Some of my favorite stuff there were the old journal entries and letters from soldiers.
Also, really cool to see those flight logs how far they flew, documentation of their dogfights, how many planes they shot down, etc.
Also, really cool to see those flight logs how far they flew, documentation of their dogfights, how many planes they shot down, etc.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 8:39 pm to BRIllini07
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 9:31 pm to BRIllini07
Man, that is awesome...a family heirloom and a national treasure all from a simple letter.
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