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Nuclear bomb brings together Darlington student, author, local Korean War veterans

Apr 28, 2015 12:00 PM
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By Luke Chaffin - FF/S

Click here to read the April 28 Rome News-Tribune article about how junior Daniel Morris helped to connect "Bomb" author Steve Sheinkin with veterans Buddy Andrews ('51) and Frank Barron ('48).

The two Darlington alums shared stories at a Monday breakfast about how they helped to transport an atomic bomb during the Korean War. The graduates only recently found out that they were on two ships just miles apart from each other in the Pacific Ocean.


Sheinkin, an award-winning author, was on the Darlington campus earlier this week to talk to students about his book and his nonfiction narrative writing style.


Click here to view photos of Sheinkin's presentation to Darlington students.

Click here to read a blog by Daniel Morris ('16) about Sheinkin's visit.

Daniel Morris ('16), Frank Barron ('48), author Steve Sheinkin and Buddy Andrews ('51) after a breakfast on the Darlington campus Monday. Sheinkin spoke to students about his book "Bomb: The Race to Build — and Steal — the World's Most Dangerous Weapon." Andrews was aboard a ship carrying a nuclear bomb to Japan for potential use in Korea in 1953 while Barron was aboard a destroyer that was escorting the bomb from Guam to Japan. (Photo credit: Doug Walker, RN-T)