@ArishMell My Uncle flew a B17 spotter camera plane during the Nagasaki drop. The crew wore lead lined flight jackets and were at a long distance but still got radiation burns in their armpits. After leaving the service he became quite the bowler as a past time and developed a great hatred for firearms and and every other weapon in existence. The reality of what he saw sunk deep in him. He told me he knew that was a fire cracker compared to what was coming.

@Gibbon It must have been an awful thing to have on your mind even if you had been on active service throughout the War. I wonder if many of the others involved had similar reactions to your Uncle's.

@ArishMell I think many involved in those operations had psychological issues as a result. I know there are many pilots who have had issues envisioning the hell they rained down on their targets unseen only imagined in their minds.

@sunsporter1649 so you had 5 years on me and a little better understanding. We have Andrews Airforce Base, Fort Meade, neighbor to NSA, the Naval Academy, and the biological nightmare Fort Meade a short drive from me. I have been aware of these since I was 9.

@sunsporter1649 For me, the word was, "terrifying."
I'll never forget those times.

@PhoenixPhail me also it was years before I got the everyday possiblity of nukes out of my head. And neighbors building shelters. For what? The theoretical nuclear winter could last longer than you could live in there.