Experimental Animals - ( Why Atomic Vets Nix Nukes )

Comment by Vincent L. Guarisco on March 16, 2009 at 12:06pm

For those of you who have not seen this yet, I just posted a video "Experimental Animals." My father, Anthony Guarisco (atomic veteran) is featured in this film and talks about his experience at Operation Crossroads in 1946. Also, he offers information about radiation exposure, etc...

Comment by James Φοίνιξ on March 16, 2009 at 1:37pm

Looks interesting , Thanks !

Comment by Sweettina2 on July 2, 2009 at 9:34pm

Oh Vincent, (deep sigh), I cried, cussed, screamed and prayed all the way through this video. Few times in my life have I been speechless, but I am right at this moment. I have never been a vengeful person, but, I want those responsible to pay for this; even if it is at judgement day. Please tell your father I am praying for him, and next time you see him, give him an extra hug.

Comment by Vincent L. Guarisco on July 3, 2009 at 3:15pm

Thank you, Tina, I'll give pops an extra hug next time I visit him. He sure was a mover and shaker in his day....I really miss the ride!

~Vince

Comment by Jeff on July 3, 2009 at 4:41pm

Wow Vince. Your Mom was so beautiful and your Dad so handsome. What a shame we have government and corporate officials that have knowingly behaved so poorly to protect a profit-driven industry. It's horrid. I started to cry halfway through this video and had tears in my eyes right through until the end. I feel so bad Vince. What a courageous man to be able to continue his life in the face of extraordinary adversity where he knew full well that the deck was stacked against him and that he'd never be treated fairly. I couldn't have done it. I would have been compelled to actually kill people and worse yet, myself.

There was a most poignant moment when your Dad was asked what he actually would have wanted. That question could have been answered in so many different ways and he used one small and simple word that described his feelings perfectly, 'fair.'

In hindsight it would have been so easy for our government to have been fair.

He knew life wouldn't be fair and I personally wouldn't have been able to go on in the face of those circumstances. The frustration would have been more than I could have lived with. Surely, I would have killed military personnel and then myself.

Comment by Vincent L. Guarisco on July 4, 2009 at 3:38pm

Thank you, Jeff, for sharing your kind words and thoughts.

In truth, what really crushed him, what really stuck the knife in his heart, was the mental torment that followed when he finally realized that the same government for which he had just laid his life on the line, was interested in just one thing -- heartlessly waiting for him to die like some sick lab rat under a distant, uncaring microscope. This was the ultimate insult that had no sense of fairness.

Radiation exposure is an age-old curse where the forsaken still inherit a radiated death sentence after more than 50 years of tearful grave digging. I have had to come to grips with the reality of how our government criminally maims, disables and kills anyone at will and with impunity. I am outraged because those who fought so bravely and paid the ultimate price of war deserve, as a minimum, a decent show of honor and respect and "fairness" -- from decent and honorable men.

Sadly, His story will remain submerged in the mainstream media abyss like an evil anchor that weighs upon the hearts and souls of all men.

Indeed, history is a useful prognostic tool if those who record it archive it with accuracy and without revision. But as long as recorded history continues to be twisted and suppressed by those above the law, our nation will never learn anything from its mistakes. America will continue to stumble on blindly, repeatedly victimized by those who write this fairytale from hell with pens literally dipped in the spilled blood of its citizens.

On this 2009 "4th of July" day, we must continue to tell everyone around us -- there are several layers of skin to this war business -- more than most Americans will ever imagine. Let us continue to share stories such as this and hopefully, it will help to restore order to our traumatized nation. We deserve nothing less.

Peace & Justice,

~Vince

Comment by Marklar on July 4, 2009 at 5:30pm

Great Documentary. I'm fairly well read on this subject but the film really brings it home.

Comment by Vincent L. Guarisco on July 5, 2009 at 2:58pm

Thanks, Mark. The opposition was fierce too. The CIA tapped our phones and sent agents in to infiltrate our organization posing as atomic vets. Father had contacts in the oversight committee of Congress, so they usually tipped-us-off they were coming. He was a brave man with a great vision who worked overtime to give us the hope of a non-nuclear society.

Comment by fireguy on May 11, 2010 at 11:39am

"It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. "
Horace

Comment by Vincent L. Guarisco on May 11, 2010 at 12:31pm

Hi Fireguy, My good friend Sheila Samples, had this to say after she watched the video.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22133.htm

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