The crew of the "Barber" went ashore in the city of Nagasaki, which had been destroyed by the second atomic bomb making each member of the crew an "atomic" veteran.
In Japan, atomic bomb survivors struggle with nightmarish memories and negative health effects; atomic veterans, down-winders, and atomic workers around the globe also continue to suffer from the effects of radiation exposure.
Also includes some American atomic veterans.
During his hospital stay at Mount Sinai Medical Center, in New York City, my father broke his silence by informing his physicians that he was an atomic veteran.
Much of my work focused on similar instances of suppression of information by the Government, in atomic veteran and downwinder cases.
My first visit was to Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, who had worked for seven years to pass a compensation bill for atomic veterans who have developed commonly accepted radiation-related cancers.
In addition Docherty is the member of several all party groups, including the all party group on atomic and nuclear veterans.
The grandson of the Tangent Earth's first superhero, an atomic veteran, takes on the mantle and learns a horrible truth about his family.
We invite the participation of atomic veterans, former nuclear workers, down-winders and others who have been exposed to ionizing radiation.
The question of "atomic veterans" has persisted for more than 20 years, but as the debate has continued, the number of veterans has dwindled.