Alva Matheson, 2017

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Interview with Alva Matheson, Downwinders of Utah Archive, June 13, 2017

Scope and Contents

Alva Matheson was born and raised in Cedar City, Utah. He recounts how his neighbors would come his family’s house to sit on haystacks and watch atomic tests from the Nevada Test Site. He recalls how his school teachers handed out iodine tablets that were supposed to limit radiation exposure. Matheson also spent twenty-five years in the United States Air Force and transported nuclear weapons from storage facilities for part of his tenure.
Interviewed by Anthony Sams.

Dates

Creation: 2017

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