Killeen Base former Atom Bomb Storage facility "Plant-B"

[gkhargrove]

I was a Military Policeman there from 1967-1969. That's when they started shutting down the base. It brings back many memories.

[rtargo20]

This brought back memories to me. I was stationed at KB from 56-58. We were assigned to AFSWP (Armed Forces Special Weapons Project) ; Headquarters at Sandia Base, NM. We had no shoulder patches and no name tags were allowed. Wife and I lived off base in Lampassas, TX. Great little town. Thanks for the pictures.

[kagcount]

Looks like some of my nightmares.....great pictures to have though, and interesting to know about my current home.

[TheShortieW]

My dad was also stationed at KB from 1956-63. Many kids thought I was a townie since I'd been there so long. I also remember the patch as not being hidden. It took us kids about 3 years to figure out what was happening. It was a great military assignment with wonderful memories. My first clue to being at an unusual place was having my 7th grade math teacher ask me if it was true that we had some kind of special carpeting in our houses! Go Roos! Class of 62.

[jncturner98230]

I was amazed to find this online! My Dad was stationed at KB twice in the late fifties and early '60s, The Command was called" Defense Atomic Support Agency or DASA. By the way, the unit patch was not top secret. I know Daddy wore his uniform publicly many times with the mushroom plainly on the shoulder. I had many of them in my "patch collection" as a boy and teen.

[ssgd1960]

Interesting about the patch. Possibly there was a relaxing of the regulations later in years. I gave a gentleman photographs and some information who was there in the late 40's to early fifties and he told me it was not allowed then.

[crahslave]

My Daddy was at the Nevada Test Site also. He was stationed at Sandia Base in Albuquerque with the AFSWP in the late 40's early 50's and again in the 60s.

[crahslave]

My daddy worked there in the 1960s.

He died of radiation exposure related cancer in 1993.

[JoePatton1960]

Hi,

I am doing research on the cold war that has led me to your video. I have documents in .pdf but no photos like you have. Is there any way I could get a copy of the PowerPoint slide that you used in the video? Any help greatly appreciated.

Joe

USA RET 2003

[SCSNSE]

Just curious, how did you come about this footage? Also, where exactly is it located?

[ssgd1960]

West Ft Hood and I worked there then...

[Phku2]

This is cool! Growing up as a child in Killeen we always heard rumors and stories of hidden tunnel's on fort hood. I even knew an old man (to me at the time) that said he was blindfolded and trucked in daily to work on the tunnels and he claimed that even up until th 80's his mail was opened before he got it due to security issues. Of course this was always a cool story to hear but never really knew if he was telling the entire truth.

Really cool stuff!

[ssgd1960]

During the building of this facility, the Government had hired experienced miners to make the tunnels. The element of secracy was extreme. These workers were infact brought in blindfolded, or in total darkness.

[murdak]

thankyou for posting this clip

[ssgd1960]

You are welcome. Were you involved in KB when it was a storage facility?

[murdak]

no but i know several people from that area of texas they would only say they worked there ,now i know where