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

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Title Interview with Richard Whitehead, Downwinders of Utah Archive, June 12, 2017
Creator Whitehead, Richard
Contributor Sams, Anthony
Date 2017-06-12
Subject Nuclear weapons testing victims--West (U.S.); Nuclear weapons--Testing--Nevada; Radioactive fallout--Physiological effect--West (U.S.); Radioactive fallout--Health aspects--West (U.S.)
Description Transcript (7 pages) of an interview conducted by Anthony Sams with Richard Whitehead, St. George, Utah, June 2017. Interview discusses Whitehead's medical issues with stomach cancer, memories of aboveground testing, classmates getting sick with thyroid issues, his father's dairy, and medical problems with sheep. He also discusses the filming of the movie the Conqueror, and people involved in the movie dying from cancer.
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Language eng
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Is Part of Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project
ARK ark:/87278/s6255t88
Setname uum_dua
ID 1379173
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6255t88
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