Friends dad died at 56 from radiation exposure from the 1st nukes they tested out west.
Colorado he said.
Skin and lungs were horrible.
Hunkered down in a plywood shed. He and another heroic private had to lay a 2 mile detonation cable.
1st try...dud.
They had to inspect the cable and go to the bomb and check the connections, I guess.
2nd time...boom.
Fren, who's 64, found all this out at his military funeral. He had no idea. His dad was a neighbor to and dated June Carter ( Cash).
Grandnaw buried beside A.P. Carter.
Music people know who he is!
He, Sarah and Mother Maybelle...
The Carter Fold, a music venue, is right beside the Carter's house.
John Paul Jones stopped by there a few years ago as a tourist!
Famous people there off and on.
Beautiful area...on Clinch River in a gorgeous valley....Hiltons, VA.
God's country!
About 35 mins from me.
We found the are because TN had blue laws...no beer on Sunday...so we'd drive to SW VA , buy cheap beer and cigs and ride the backroads (they all were!)
We used to drink beer and smoke pot on A.P.'s grave in the 70s!! Dumbasses we were.
Friends dad died at 56 from radiation exposure from the 1st nukes they tested out west. Colorado he said. Skin and lungs were horrible.
Hunkered down in a plywood shed. He and another heroic private had to lay a 2 mile detonation cable. 1st try...dud. They had to inspect the cable and go to the bomb and check the connections, I guess. 2nd time...boom.
Fren, who's 64, found all this out at his military funeral. He had no idea. His dad was a neighbor to and dated June Carter ( Cash). Grandnaw buried beside A.P. Carter. Music people know who he is! He, Sarah and Mother Maybelle...
...that's my story.
Crazy stuff man! The music world is a lot smaller than people think!
The Carter Fold, a music venue, is right beside the Carter's house.
John Paul Jones stopped by there a few years ago as a tourist! Famous people there off and on. Beautiful area...on Clinch River in a gorgeous valley....Hiltons, VA. God's country! About 35 mins from me.
We found the are because TN had blue laws...no beer on Sunday...so we'd drive to SW VA , buy cheap beer and cigs and ride the backroads (they all were!)
We used to drink beer and smoke pot on A.P.'s grave in the 70s!! Dumbasses we were.
Statute o' limitations has run out!
I miss TN. I loved those mountains since I was a kid, and I dated a beautiful woman from them too.