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Life on Tinian R&R

bartyboy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:41:02 GMT

On Tinian ... did the 509th guys get to go on any R&R to Australia? I have a V-44
knife of which my father told the story of being given to him by Chuck Sweeney. By the time Sweeney may have made it to the Australian area my dad had been awarded a DFC, an Air Medal and a Presidential Unit Citation. He also had done
a stint as flight engineer on MacArthurs plane Bataan. He was known to upper
command staff in the Air Corp .
He tells about being approached by Sweeney in the nightlife district of either Cairns or Townsville. He tells how Sweeney told him about the posibility of espionage going on and asked dad to keep his eyes open for any civilian types who may be buying too many drinks and asking too many questions of intoxicated US personnel. Dad says he saw and talked with Sweeney on 4 occasions. Sweeney knew dad was a flight engineer and gave him the green horn handle Collins knife stating he knew enlisted weren't issued these knives.
Hence my question about the "secret 509TH" doing R&R to Australia. My dad was Tech Sgt. Clarence Maham ..418 combat hours ..163 combat missions 22nd Troop
Carrier Squadron .. C-47 Dakotas.

Thanks for any info....

Bart Maham Richmond, Virginia

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Rochester, NY Atomic Energy Project

BobsBoy — Thur, 19 Jun 2008 05:36:25 GMT

I'm looking for information on my father, Robert E. (Bob) Root. He worked at the University of Rochester Lab from 1944-1955. Does anyone have any information about the University of Rochester Lab?

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HARSHAW CHEMICAL

rschi24680 — Thur, 12 Jun 2008 16:52:18 GMT

i have a claim in with w2 forms for 19 73 to prove i worked there but because it says harshaw chemical company DIVISION OF KEWANEE OIL they say i have to prove i was on the site. it says ohio taxes paid in ohio? They should know that harshaw chemical company division of kewanee oil was at 1000 harvard ave in 1966. do they know what there talking about? I finally found proof good proof from the government and thats not good for the claims examiner? Or am i being toyed with? thanks ralph

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Seattle Office (important news)

Thomas01 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:42:57 GMT

A fairly high level DOL official informed me today that Ann Jones (Seattle DEEOIC) is no longer with the DOL. Of course that is very good news for all current and future Seattle claimants (as anyone who's read my previous posts about that witch instantly realizes).

Whether Jones was fired, forced to resign, or quit on her own terms I don't know. I do know that she would've been terminated years ago if her employer had been an ethics-minded private sector company.

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People who worked in MED Washington offices

kelleym — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:06:06 GMT

My mother, Alice B. Watts (Kelley) was recruited out of high school in Southwestern PA to do clerical work in Gen. Groves Washington, DC offices of the MED from 1942 to 1946. I am in search of anyone who worked there (or their survivors) who might have memories of my mother. I also have a few pictures I would be happy to share with anyone who might be able to identify the people in them. And would be happy to receive copies of pictures anyone else has from those offices, especially if my mother is in them. I would also be interested to know if anyone has family stories about a box of Trinitite that was brought to those offices after the successful test of the bomb.Thanks for any info anyone can provide.
Mark Kelley

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tyson valley powder farm workers 1940's

jeanette — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:27:59 GMT

I hope I'm doing this correctly... I'm 75 and just learning to use the computer. As authorized representative for my husband's claim under eeoicpa, we've just begun to apply for SEC status (after receiving a less than favorable dose reconstruction with Part B). My husband's father worked and lived on the site in the mid forties. We are trying to find info on any other workers from 1942-49. Of course, it would most likely be the children of the workers who would contact. I've been working on his claim for some time, and it's been very trying. The site is Tyson Valley Powder Farm (also called Tyson Valley Powder Dump) near Eureka, Missouri. We would really appreciate hearing from anyone. I'm so happy to have stumbled onto this group. Jeanette

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Need help on a school paper

zander — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:45:06 GMT

I am a ninth grader writing a paper on the Manhattan project. If anyone has any personal knowledge or stories regarding the Manhattan project, I would love to hear them. Also if anyone would like to express their knowledgeable opinion about the historical significance of the project I would welcome your input. Thank you

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pacific proving grounds-Holmes & Narver

Tikawe — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:21:39 GMT

I'm trying to find the employment date for my dad who worked @ the Pacific
Proving Grounds for Holmes & Narver from 1952-1967. His name is Alexander K. Kalauli II,
he passed on -Nov. 20th 1982. I'm trying to do all the paper work that is necessary-if anyone can help me, please I would really appreciate it. Thank You.

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Help in documenting illness.

fwfw1 — Thur, 08 May 2008 20:48:26 GMT

My father, who passed 22 years ago, worked at K-25 (Union Carbide) in Oakridge, TN for 17 years. He was close to retirement when he was
was to be terminated but he found subsequent work with UC in Uravan, Co
as a miner in the uranium mines. He couldn't last due to the physical demands of the job so after 19.5 years he lost his retirement that he would have had had he lasted 20 years.

I have completed the applications, obtained death certificate and are ready to submit paperwork to DOL. Unfortunately, I have no medical records.
The death certificate states cause of death is ischemic event due to severe cardiac myopathy (he was 74). I contacted the hospital but the records have been destroyed. I have this in writing to include in the package.

What, if any advice, can you give me? Should I forget just forget it? He languished for such a long time with lung issues. I was told by his physician that he had cancer in the lower lobe . Thank you for any help or direction.

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los angeles airport and manhattan project

alfritz — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:18:43 GMT

I would like to know any information regarding the use of the Los Angeles airport area during the Manhattan project. My father was "inducted" by the war department to work on the project during the war. He says he would go off to "work" in an underground industrial area near the airport each day. I believe it was "called" Century Aircraft.

My father was/is a master machinist who specialized in spherical machining operations.

Does anyone know of the/ANY war projects there/around at LAX? It has been the source of family discussion forever.
Thanks,

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chronic and acute exposures

hkwatcher — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:04:19 GMT

Does anyone on this forum understand the significance of the terms
chronic and acute exposures as they are used in the dose reconstruction?
Say for example, if a workers has 12 years of acute exposures and 8 of chronic, how does that fit into the overall DR?
To me a layperson, it would seem that 12 years of acute exposures are alarming! But the DR is below 50% so the PoC isn't justified.
I believe these terms should be explained to the claimant, would you agree?

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Important link for medical claims

hkwatcher — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:31:36 GMT

http://owcp.dol.acs-inc.com/portal/main.do

This link will help those claimants who need medical claims

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B. F. Shaw employment records

Kensington — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:07:40 GMT

I need advice too. After a "final" hearing a year ago this past Jan. and the case having been sent back to Jacksonville, I am now being asked to furnish proof that my father worked in Savannah in 1952. He worked at Y-12 and X-10 from 1943 to 1959 and I have a great deal of info on that. It is my understanding that he went to Savannah for B. F. Shaw. How do I confirm this? Also, is it possible that there's a list of employees who might have been there at that time.

I don't know why after all these years this should even be an issue. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm actually being asked to provide affidavits from co-workers of his which is probably not possible. It is their contention that Social Security records would only confirm he worked for the company, not that he was at SRS.

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Survivor compensation if worker has already received Part E....

Thomas01 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:10:56 GMT

Just trying to get some discussion going... I've never seen a site get this number of hits yet go days on end without a single new post. It's been five or six days since the last post, maybe longer.

Anyway, I'm quite likely going to be involved with the following situation and was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar.... A very ill former (pancreatic cancer) has already received Part B ($150K) and had his Part E impairment evaluation performed about a month ago (I don't yet know of any results). If he lives long enough to be paid say $200,000 in impairtment compensation, does anyone know if his wife will still be eligible for Part E survivor compensation when he passes away?
***Believe it or not, $200K is a low guess... that would be what he'd receive for an 80% impairment rating ($2500 for every 1% of whole body impairment). I've read three other final decisions where a terminal patient was rated above 90% (91%, 94%, 96%).

If the wife would be eligible in the above scenario, I know it would be for no more than $50K due to the fact $400,000 is the maximum aggregate compensation allowable for claim(s) filed based on the employment/illness of one former worker.

The rules just sometimes make no sense whatsoever.... The worker's impairment payment becomes null and void if he dies prior to the money making it into his account. The only exception to that rule: Survivor(s) can choose to accept the impairment compensation a deceased worker would've received if "his or her death was solely caused by a non-covered illness or illnesses." In other words, if the worker dies of a heart attack prior to receiving a 90% impairment rating payment, his surviving spouse will receive the $225,000 he would've received (instead of the $125,000 she would've received if worker's death was caused by a covered condition). But if that same worker dies from an EEOICPA-covered disease prior to the impairment payment arriving, the $225,000 decision immiediately becomes null and void and the spouse has to file a survivor claim/wait two or three months to receive $100K less ($125,000).

Click the below link to read a Final Decision that will make you see just how relevant the above can be.... DOL tried to wire $240,000 on 6/29/06 based on a 96% impairment rating. The account numbers were supposedly screwed up and thus the wiring failed. The worker died two days later (July 1) and the second wiring made it into his account on July 6. But once the DOL found out he had died prior to the money actually being deposited, the DOL took back the $240K (reversed the transfer). Then the spouse appealed their ruling and paid who knows how much to a liar for hire (aka attorney) to come in and butt heads with the DOL over the wiring mess, etc. But he failed...... DOL stuck by its decision to vacate the $240K decision and the spouse was forced to settle on $125K Part E survivor compensation (and had to wait about 10 months to get it because of all the time taken up by the appeals process). http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/owcp/eeoicp/Decisions/GenericDecisions/DecisionsRef/10055714-2007--20070411.htm

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Rocky Flats - anyone having success meeting the "clarified" criteria of "monitored or should have been monitored"?

sdb — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:20:11 GMT

We received a recommended approval for compensation late last year, and were told that funds would be forthcoming soon. Instead, in March the case was remanded back to the Denver district office to establish presence of 250 days in one or more of certain listed buildings, due to the "clarified" definition of "monitored or should have been monitored" for SEC status.

Is anyone else in a similar position having any success with this, despite poor or non-existent documentation concerning an employee's presence in certain buildings?

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