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Contains 31 Results:
Claudia Peterson, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
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Claudia Peterson talks about growing up during the Cold War, fear of the Russians, duck-and-cover drills, and feelings about nuclear war at the time. Peterson also remembers hearing about sheep, which her neighbors herded, being affected by radiation. Several members of Peterson’s family have died of cancer caused by radiation. She talks about her loss and what she has done to help victims of nuclear weapons...
Dates:
2017
Chester Reed, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
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In the early ’50s, Chester Reed’s father was a carpenter at the Nevada Test Site. He built structures that were destroyed by the weapons testing at the site. Reed himself worked at the Nevada Test Site during the underground testing. He worked in radiation control. Reed remembers witnessing a test from the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas. He also witnessed more tests in the South Pacific when he was in the Navy.
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Dates:
2017
Joyce Rhodes, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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- Four out of seven Joyce Rhodes’ immediate family members have been diagnosed with cancer. Rhodes, her mother, and twin brother were diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and received Downwinders compensation. She recalls the blasts waking her up in the early morning that her uncle Clifford Heaton’s sheep died from radiation exposure.
- Interviewed by Anthony Sams.
Dates:
2017
Jamie Stewart, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
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Jamie Stewart spent all her summers in Meadow, Utah. In 1954, when Stewart was in her mother’s womb, over 80 nuclear tests were conducted at the Nevada Test Site. Stewart talks about the health problems she has had to live with since the time she was a young child, which are related to her and her mother’s exposure to radiation. She attended the first annual Radiation Victims Conference in New York City.
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Dates:
2017
George Merrill Webb, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
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George Merrill Webb grew up in St. George, Utah and recalls seeing flashes from the Nevada Test Site while he and his father milked cows on their farm before dawn. He said that clouds and dust would then come over later in the day. His two siblings and several of his nieces and nephews have thyroid problems and Webb has been diagnosed with a tumor in his parathyroid glad. Webb and his family believe that their...
Dates:
2017
Richard Whitehead, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
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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...
Dates:
2017
Yvonne Wilson, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
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Yvonne Wilson’s mother moved from Hatch, Utah to St. George in 1964 where she lived for the rest of her life. She was diagnosed with hypopharyngeal carcinoma in 1993. She had surgery and radiation that was successful in killing the cancer. She died of heart complications in 2004. While growing up in Hatch, Wilson recounts running outside to see the atomic tests in the distance. Wilson’s husband, Russell M. Wilson...
Dates:
2017
Allan Anderson, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Allan Anderson was born and raised in southern Utah. Anderson talks about being let out of school one day when the Nevada Test Site was conducting a test. He talks about seeing what looked like soot. Anderson’s mother died of cancer that was most likely related to nuclear fallout. After high school, Anderson joined the Navy, where he became a pilot. His job was related to nuclear weapons, so he learned much more...
Dates:
2017
Norman Jeffery Baker, 2016
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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Norman Jeffrey Baker’s family is from southern Utah and Nevada, near the Nevada Test Site. Baker’s grandparents lived on a ranch in Lund, Nevada, where the witnessed several nuclear tests. For several years, Baker’s grandfather worked as a security guard at the Nevada Test Site. He witnessed several tests there, including one in which an atomic bomb was placed inside a mountain, and one in which a bridge was...
Dates:
2016
Craig Booth, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Craig Booth was born and raised in St. George, Utah. Booth has worked as a physician for over four decades. When he was a boy, he and his father would go watch the flashes and feel the aftershocks of atomic tests at the Nevada Test Site. Booth describes the effects of the testing on people in his family and in his community, particularly the high rates of cancer he has observed in Southern Utah. He also expresses...
Dates:
2017
Von Del Chamberlin, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Von Del Chamberlain was interested in science, particularly nuclear physics since he was young. Chamberlain remembers hearing over the radio about the first atomic bomb being dropped on Japan. He talks about preparing for nuclear attacks and nuclear fallout. Chamberlain and his friend once played a prank in which they were able to access a radio frequency and announce a fake nuclear attack. He describes his...
Dates:
2017
Orrin Tether Colby Jr., 2016
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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- Orrin Tether Colby, Jr. was raised in Sanpete County and Sevier County. His parents and grandparents were farmers. Colby’s father was also a lineman for a power company. Colby talks about the effects nuclear weapons testing had on his family and his feelings about the tests and their consequences.
- Interviewed by Anthony Sams and Robert Nelson.
Dates:
2016
Anne Collins, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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- Anne Collins shares some of her thoughts and feelings about nuclear weapons testing. She expresses fear and concern about the effects of testing on people and the environment. Collins works with seniors and describes the effects nuclear weapons testing has had on one of her residents and her resident’s family.
- Interviewed by Anthony Sams.
Dates:
2017
Juleen Dalton, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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Juleen Dalton’s mother Julia Michaelson Burr was a Downwinder and died from pancreatic cancer. Juleen grew up in Marysvale and Monroe, Utah. Her father David Nelson Burr was a uranium miner in Marysvale and died in mining accident. While living in Monroe, she recalls that her mother and neighbors would watch the clouds come over from the Nevada Test Site. One of their neighbors died of pancreatic cancer as well....
Dates:
2017
Bonnie Deem, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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Bonnie Deem was born and raised in Cedar City, Utah. When she was in elementary school, her teacher took her and her fellow students out on the playground to watch one of the nuclear tests. Deem remembers seeing a flash of light and a cloud in the sky. She has had health problems throughout her life, including lymphoma, that she attributes to exposure to radiation. Her family had a farm, and the vegetables and...
Dates:
2017
Mary Dickson, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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Mary Dickson is a Downwinder who has worked as an activist on behalf of victims of nuclear fallout. She has written a play about Downwinders and has advocated for Downwinders on Capitol Hill. Dickson has also been on panels and spoken at conferences around the world. She talks about the effects nuclear fallout has had on her health and the health of her family and friends.
Interviewed by Anthony...
Dates:
2017
Jason Eargle, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
- Jason Eargle shares a brief thought about nuclear weapons testing and about his grandfather, who died of cancer caused by radiation from the Nevada Test Site. He believes testing should be done underground.
- Interviewed by Anthony Sams.
Dates:
2017
Joyce Eargle, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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Joyce Eargle was born and raised in Cedar City. Her father died of multiple myeloma, a disease which was caused by radiation fallout from tests at the Nevada Test Site. Eargle talks about other family members and friends who were affected by tests, as well as the affect the tests had on livestock and farming in southern Utah. She does not believe the Government has done enough to make amends for the consequences of...
Dates:
2017
Fred Esplin, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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Fred Esplin was born and raised in Cedar City, Utah. Esplin’s family was involved in livestock and agriculture. He describes how nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site affected his family, his ranch, and his community. Several members of his family and many of his friends have contracted cancer and died over the years since the testing. Esplin also talks about the culture of the Cold War and how people’s feelings...
Dates:
2017
Robert Chris Fee, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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Chris Fee tells the story of his wife, Eve Evans, who was a Downwinder. Eve and her parents grew up in Winslow, Arizona. Eve and her mother were eventually diagnosed with breast cancer, and Eve’s father had leukemia. All three have passed away. Fee talks about learning that Downwinders were being compensated and describes the process he and his wife went through to receive compensation for her family’s...
Dates:
2017