Neither of my brothers liked to talk about their service days. I think BB flew on B29s, B36s, and B52s. I think I have those numbers right. BB use to talk to me about the UN when I was a know it all teenager. I think he was right.
Those planes are all bombers, the B29 was used during WWII and the B36 come on line after WWII. B52s produced in the early ‘50s and were used in Vietnam. Had to look some of that up. Those were some huge planes.
There was a good bit of nuclear testing done in the South Pacific in the ‘50s. He could have been involved in some of that. Probably also testing elsewhere.