"C" company (Helos) of my battalion went to Tinian and saw the A-bomb pit the bomb was loaded into so the B-29 could roll over it and hoist it up.
I guarded nukes (torpedoes) on 2 occasions while in PI. 2 fences around the compound: First fence breech was single fire, inside 2nd fence was full auto....empty the mag. Trivia tidbit. US nuking North Korea was closer than anyone knew about back in Jan, 68. We actually had aircraft loaded with nukes 'feet dry' over North Korea for minutes after the USS Pueblo incident. It's strange to realize that these weapons ultimately saved more lives than they took.
