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Project Crossroads |
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Fifty-six years ago
In the distant past,
The 509th came to Kwaj
To create an atomic blast!
In Bikini Lagoon
Many ships were seen,
Such as the Mighty Saratoga
And the German Prinz Eugene.
Gathered from many places
Were technicians of many races;
From Roswell Air Base they came,
With the mighty B-29 plane.
Project Crossroads, it was called;
A bit of history known to all;
The brightest light known to Earth,
Since in Genesis, God gave her birth!
The Air Photo Unit was there
With lab and camera techs galore,
Including PFC Mel Foley,
Historian, as it were, and more.
For he has searched and found
Scores of once young soldiers,
And some who've expired,
And others who are now much older.
Those days, long since past,
Have left memories which will last;
Until time has run her course
With the 509th Army Air Force. |
By
C. Douglas Caffey
Copyright 2002
Listed March
21, 2009 |
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Author's Bio:
C. Douglas Caffey is a disabled veteran of WWII. He
served (1944-1946) in the 509th Composite Bomb Group,
58th Wing, Air Photo Unit, 20th Air Force, United States
Army Air Force. It was the 509th who dropped the atomic
bombs on Japan and did the atom bomb tests at Bikini in
the Pacific. A chronic sufferer of PTSD since WWII, Doug
is a former college dean. He started writing poetry
several years ago and though he doesn't claim to be a
poet, he does claim to write from the heart. |
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