National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Robert “Bob” Hayes worked as an airplane mechanic on Kwajalein Island, maintaining Boeing B-29s. He talks about life in the Pacific during World War II, being trained to use a flamethrower on Iwo Jima, maintaining complicated airplane engines, and witnessing the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests.
Theodore Joseph Blechar was born on May 4, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents, Eugene and Stella Blechar, were Polish immigrants.
Dale Johnson was a lieutenant commander responsible for operating drone boting in the Bikini lagoon during the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests.
