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80 Years After the Trinity Atomic Blast, New Mexico’s Downwinders May Finally See Reparations
Generations of survivors of the world’s first nuclear bomb test have been excluded from any federal compensation.
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First atomic bomb test conducted in N.M. 80 years ago today still affects site
On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time, humanity entered the nuclear age with a blinding flash of light in the New ...
80 years later, victims of ‘first atom bomb’ will soon be eligible for reparations
As the years passed, almost all his family members and neighbors became sick, often with rare forms of cancer.   The federal government never ...
'Lord, these affairs are hard on the heart': How Manhattan Project scientists reacted to the world's first atomic bomb test
In this except from the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, we hear from the people at the historic first test of the atomic ...
Trinity, 80 Years Later, Still Threatens a “Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Nuclear weapons have not been used in war since 1945, although there have been close calls.
First atomic bomb explosion has lasting impact on New Mexico
Alamogordo. The test marked a significant turning point in World War II that left impacts across New Mexico and around the world.
80 years since the first atomic bomb detonation in New Mexico
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Trinity Test Fallout Victims in New Mexico Finally Get Compensation After 80 Years
Congress earlier this month finally got around to making New Mexico fallout victims of the first test of an atomic bomb and ...
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Legislation introduced to expand benefits for atomic veterans on 80th anniversary of first bomb test
As the world marks 80 years since the first atomic bomb was detonated in the New Mexican desert, a Nevada congresswoman ...
This Day in History: First successful test of atomic bomb conducted on July 16, 1945
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On July 16, 1945, the first successful test of the atomic bomb was conducted in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
New memorial marks 80 years from 1st nuclear test in US state of New Mexico
On the 80th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb test in the US state of New Mexico, a memorial sign was unveiled at the site acknowledging the damage and suffering caused by the radioactive ...
'We didn't know what it was': Reflections pour in on 80th anniversary of Trinity Test blast
Archbishop John C. Wester, clad in black and flanked by two other New Mexico Catholic bishops, stood poised to venture into the White Sands Missile Range with plans to pray for peace and the ...