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“After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs.”  ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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Cryptography Cyphers & Codes

Cyphers & Codes
Enigma, Bombe & Beyond
Code Breakers
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1949-51:  AEC
Oak Ridge, TN 


The Chief's personal service log note his arrival at Oak Ridge in January 1949 until January 1952 preparation for the Pacific Proving Grounds tests.  As Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, he was responsible for the communication systems for all branches of the military for all blasts the USS Estes served as Flagship for the Pacific Proving Grounds tests.   
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1952-58: USS Estes
"The Elegant Lady"

U.S.S. ESTES was fit with the most sophisticated research, communication and security equipment of the day, referred to as her "Elephant Ears".  The world was watching the Pacific Proving Grounds Testing (PPG) and all branches of the military were directed from this Command Ship. Secured communication and scientific data transmissions and broadcast required high levels of security, intricately times communications, including triggering devices and since our enemies were actively trying to listen, encryption keys and cyphers were paramount. 
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Pacific Proving Grounds Operations

1946 - OP Crossroads
1948 - OP Sandstone
1951 - OP Greenhouse
1952 - OP Ivy
1954 - OP Castle Bravo
1954 - OP Wigwam
1956 - OP Redwing
1958 - OP Hardtack
1961 - OP Dominic

Joint Task Forces The Chief Served In

JTF 132
​JTF 7
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My Fathers repeated radiation exposures compromised his health and mine, altered my DNA, and since as a result I can't reproduce, thankfully the suffering from this will stop with me.  Chief Moore was still classified above Top Secret and under Q-Clearance during his entire lifetime.  As a result, we were isolated and insulated while we fought his exotic cancers as a military guinea pig for 20+ years, from 1969 to 1989 at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital.  It has altered our lives in ways no one saw coming.   Add the consequences of another 25+ years after his death and to still be learning about who he really was is inspiring.  
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Our family has suffered the impact, like so many others effected by the US Government's atomic, nuclear and thermonuclear and human experiments in the Pacific Proving Grounds.   The story continues, so I might as well tell it while the fight goes on for the government to acknowledge the health crisis they caused for 2nd Gens and provide some mechanism for screening and healthcare services from military or VA medical professionals who are informed of our compromised state of health.

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childrenofatomicveterans@gmail.com​
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