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Contains 31 Results:
Sherre Finicum-H, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
- Sherre Finicum-H recounts two stories of seeing a large cloud from a nuclear weapons test. Finicum-H talks about a conversation she had with her father, who tried to explain to her what the clouds were.
- Interviewed by Anthony Sams.
Dates:
2017
Russell Fjeldsted, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Fjeldsted was part of the Air Force Strategic Air Command in the 1950s and was required to observe underground atomic testing at the Nevada Test Site. He noticed that clouds from the testing moved toward southern Utah and the surrounding area. Fjeldsted outlines how he was exposed to radiation from working in underground bunkers during tests. He also discusses his training as a pilot during the Cold War regarding...
Dates:
2017
Joyce Gardner-Tibbits, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Joyce Gardner-Tibbets grew up in Richfield, Utah. Her family lived and worked on a ranch. Several members of her family and many of her neighbors have been diagnosed with cancer. Joyce’s father died of multiple myeloma. She describes her father’s illness and taking care of him and talks about getting compensation from the Government for his exposure to radiation fallout from nuclear weapons testing.
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Dates:
2017
Ilene Hacker, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Ilene Hacker talks about losing her father to cancer that was caused by exposure to nuclear fallout. Her family is from St. George, Utah. Hacker describes her feelings about nuclear testing at the nearby Nevada Test Site. Hacker and her mother applied for reimbursement from the Government for her father’s death. She describes the application process.
Interviewed by Justin Sorensen.
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Dates:
2017
Donna Hamblin, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
Donna Hamblin grew up in Cedar City. Hamblin tells stories that her father and her brother told her about seeing clouds from the nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site. Her father eventually passed away because of multiple myeloma, which was caused by exposure to radiation fallout. Hamblin also talks about her feelings about the nuclear testing and the importance of saving and sharing the stories of...
Dates:
2017
Leonard Heaton, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Leonard Heaton recounts waking up early in the morning to watch atomic tests from his bedroom window at Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona, where his father was Acting Custodian. He recalls seeing the flashes and feeling the vibrations from atomic testing. His youngest sister died from breast cancer and his wife from lung cancer, which his family believes is from living downwind from the Nevada Test Site.
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Dates:
2017
Kevin Snow Holt, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
Kevin Holt was born and raised on a farm in Beryl Junction, Utah. Growing up, Holt worked on the family farm and remembers seeing clouds from the explosions at the Nevada Test Site. Holt also talks about clinics that were set up several times at his high school where his community was examined and questioned. Holt’s mother died of lymphoma and his father died of a rare form of leukemia.
Interviewed...
Dates:
2017
Mavourneed Lamb, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
- Mavourneen Lamb worked for the Aerojet General Corporation at the Nevada Test Site in the 1960s. She worked as a floating secretary. In the 1950s, Lamb’s husband worked at the Nevada Test Site on a cleanup crew. She and her husband applied for reimbursement from the Government because he contracted cancer from his time at the test site.
- Interviewed by Anthony Sams.
Dates:
2017
David Lister, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
- David Lister lived in Cedar City, Utah during atomic testing at the Nevada Test Site. His uncle had a sheep business and many of his sheep died from the fallout. He also recalls waking up early in the morning while he was in grade school to watch the sky light up from the tests.
- Interviewed by Anthony Sams.
Dates:
2017
Alva Matheson, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
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...
Dates:
2017
Connie Wasden Mayer, 2017
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
- Connie Wasden Mayer talks about her husband, who was exposed to radiation fallout while working as a heavy equipment operator on the Arizona Strip. She also recounts what she heard about the tests being conducted at the Nevada Test Site.
- Interviewed by Justin Sorensen.
Dates:
2017