They feel that the U.S. Department of Labor has reneged on promises to provide them benefits, but as the national anthem played, these "Cold War Patriots" placed their hands over their hearts. ...more

October 31, 2009

In November, nearly three years after Bob Puccinelli filed his claim for benefits and nine months after his death, the Labor Department determined toxic chemicals at the Largo GE plant likely caused his cancer. His wife would receive a compensation check and be eligible for reimbursement for his medical bills. The family declined to say how much they received. ...more

December 4, 2008

LARGO - Bob Puccinelli, who was a maintenance worker at a nuclear weapons plant, died Wednesday morning of pancreatic and liver cancer. He was 72. ...more

February 13, 2008

Throughout the Cold War, a plant in Pinellas County secretly produced electronic and mechanical equipment for nuclear weapons – including triggers. Built in 1957, the work at the Department of Energy Pinellas Plant in Largo was highly classified. ...more

November 1, 2007