Richard Whitehead, 2017

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Interview with Richard Whitehead, Downwinders of Utah Archive, June 12, 2017

Scope and Contents

Richard Whitehead remembers when he was a child and he saw mushroom clouds from nuclear testing being conducted at the Nevada Test Site. Whitehead also talks about drivers being stopped on Highway 91 so that nuclear fallout could be washed from their cars. He talks about how he and his family have been affected by cancer and other illnesses that may be related to exposure to nuclear fallout. Whitehead’s father ran the only dairy in southern Utah that pasteurized milk; so he would often deliver milk to movie sets. Whitehead delivered milk to the set of The Conqueror with John Wayne.
Interviewed by Justin Sorensen.

Dates

Creation: 2017

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