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A veteran of secret nuclear tests tells his story
Darrell Robertson, who joined the US Army in 1957 and took part in secret nuclear test training, recounts what he experienced and its lasting toll.
A rare first-hand account of the human cost of Cold War nuclear testing.
Decades after participating in secret nuclear tests, a veteran tells his story.
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