These devices have been made 50+ years ago and weren't classified to talk about it until 1990, who knows what's being made right now and won't be talked about till 2050
I agree, there are many things the governments keep in secrecy from us. Hopefully, we shall not witness the usage of these dangerous weapons during some sort of war.
@@TruckinRoundTv meaning that you can't blame them for not knowing but after they found out did the government take care of them or paint a happy little bush over that mistake. Our troops choose to sign up for whatever comes. We should take care of them well.
@@PrivatePrivate-do2on thats a different generation they didnt sacrifice their lives for sympathy and or money they did it truly to protect their country and for protecting of freedom you wouldn’t understand really...LAND OF THE FREE! Home of the BRAVE
@@PrivatePrivate-do2on just like today when vets die everyone is sooo sad and sympathetic they dont well they def didnt use to buy into that THEY LITERALLY WANTED TO DIE ON THE BATTLEFIELD they took pride in that esp if a close brother or friend perished on the battlefield they could care less about money seriously man talk to some vets
@@TruckinRoundTv What do those words mean anyway? They just sound like buzzwords to me. The value behind those words has long disapeared because of corruption. The people who throw out the word "freedom" in order to make people be "patriots" are often a danger to peace... Freedom does not have ONE singular meaning, freedom of, freedom from, what do they mean? That part is never talked about... Dont get me wrong, I do believe in ideals, but I just dont have stockholm syndrome with the elite.. Stop falling for propaganda. Money doesnt solve anything, but in todays ultra competitive world, itll keep you off the streets. Im sad that the world is like this, but thats what it is.
You cant see the bones in your hands from the radiation of a nuke. A X-Ray image is created similar to a normal photograph where instead of normal light X-Rays will be collected on a sensor to give an image. What the guy is actually is referring to is the bright light emitted by the nuke, similar to when you shine a flashlight through your thumb.
@@Richard25000 it makes sense that it can’t go through bone, which is why they would’ve seen the silhouettes of their skeletons against the flash. I don’t think their understanding of physics has anything to do with what they saw
If you have a light flash bright enough, you can DEF see through your hands.. I've done it w a really bright flashlight, I'd put it behind my fingers and the thin parts of my fingers would glow from the light but would get darker in the center of my fingers. So I can imagine a nuke going off would def give off enough bright light to show their bones and vessels.. it's different than x ray, but their knowledge of how yo describe what they saw probably made them think that.. if they all saw the silhouette of their bones and vessels, then I mean 🤷🏻♂️
uhh in camp desert rock (which was an operation where nukes were dropped near soldiers to test the effects and combat possibilities of someone exposed to radiation) the soldiers were only exposed to .9 roentgen which is equivalent to 0.008 greys of radiation. it takes .3 greys of radiation to have any effect. engineers were exposed to 3.9 roentgen which is equivalent to 0.035 greys which is again, very far from having any effects on humans. although the tests were risky, literally nothing happened and i dont see why its a big deal
@@wellifailed392 so after (presumably) watching this video showcasing all the horrific effects it had on the test subject you still believe the measurements provided by the government , which have been proven to be vastly "underestimated" pretty much every single time.
@@wellifailed392 because all the science was done on acute expose and not chronic, or below baseline chronic; so when thousands of people report cancers and etc it's good to listen
@@Game-Garden The nuclear bomb testing increased the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere, in plants, animals and humans. We all have more carbon-14 in our body tissues than would naturally have occurred.
My favorite memorial day message growing up as a kid here in the US "You can't remember what you haven't heard" - A reminder of how important it is to hear these stories from veterans, so that we CAN remember. What a privilege.
But the explanation was wrong. The human eye can't see x-rays and neither gamma rays. What they saw was very intense visible light. If you take a very strong flashlight and cover the outlet opening with your hand and put that very close to your eyes, you will be able to see your bones and blood veins too.
@@user-sw2eg9lg2t This is not how it works, invisible ink emits visible light when subject to UV light. but humans don't emit visible light when exposed to xrays. X ray machines can emit x rays through the body and create an image based on how they transmit in certain areas.
@@tu1469 id you destroy the integrity of money and power you might get the same satisfaction watching tue elite kill themselves off... Yet still, their identity with the world is still needed despite their treachery
@@tu1469 building a way of life for yourself where money was no longer needed. This is a problem for almost every 1st world person because it's all they know... Yet it's not impossible. If you recall 1972 Nixon took us off the gold standard, and our money was backed by trust. Should the American people decide to rescind their trust and audit the federal government, the federal reserve IMF and all currencies across the world world be rendered null and void... The result would kill more than half the world's population in 3 months time and humanity and all man made institutions are destroyed in half the time... We would be fucked... I didn't say you'd like my answer...
Its really scary thinking about how emotionally disturbing it is when these people simply see a nuclear explosion. No destruction, no death or devastation required. Just the sight alone? That's a very terrifying and solemn thought.
Not just seeing a nuclear explosion, a lot of them probably had no conception of what a nuclear explosion even was. A completely novel, terrifying experience.
Everyone who witnessed the Trinity test and those who dropped the two A-bombs were all petrified and instantly regretted it. Nuclear bombs to this day remain the scariest man-made phenomenon out there. The god of destruction, only way to describe a nuclear weapon.
You know how printers will scan the sheet before printing? With that little light that goes across it? Imagine that, but feeling it inside of you body at 200mph after an ear aching boom!
What exactly is the alternative? The US not develop nukes and have the soviets use them to dominate the world? The only solution is peace through strength.
I served as a veteran service office with my local government many years ago. I met a man who claimed to be an atomic veteran and we had to fight for almost 3 years to get the recognition and benefits he deserved. The documentation we eventually obtained verified ever word he said-it was incredible.
@@savingmayberry387 funny how there's only a few "socialist" countries in the world today and only one of them is barely starting to have a big influence on the world stage.
What happened to those men was sadistic pure and simple. They didn’t even tell them what was going to happen. Its beyond the spectrum of experimental. Absolutely disgusting.
Even more terrifying are the encounters of survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They say people were walking around with exposed bone and skin literally melting off as they begged for a drink of water, picture ghouls from fallout but worse. The survivors call themselves hibakusha, I recommend looking into their stories (also how the government silenced them and neglected to report on the true extent of the damages)
And the fact our U.K. government and those around the world know what these men have gone through and yet they get no thanks no recognition or help this is the first I’ve herd about these men and all they have suffered at the hands of the government we all stand and have an 11 minute silence for those who died in war what about these guys ?
What this men went through for the sake of "testing" is despicable. I thank this brave soldiers for their service. May God bless them and their families.
That would be wild. I wonder how I would have fared having done my fair share of psychedelics in my younger years and experiencing ego death, etc. I Imagine it would have been wild / intense but might have handled the “shock” of it all pretty well.
@@coryfoster9373 I wouldn't compare even the worst bad trip on LSD to someone who was physically and mentally tortured by a nuclear weapon. No drug is gonna prepare you for intense suffering.
@@Opomax I would beg to differ. Enough LSD and a bad situation would compound to be much worse than what they experienced. It would be your own personal hell. I’m not trying to take away from what they experienced, I’m sure it was terrifying, but LSD is the single most powerful drug out there bro. Ive never tried meth but I can assure you LSD controls you more. Take enough and you can be completely off the reigns on what you experience. You’re literally just reacting to your environment. Being sober while watching your first Nuke wouldn’t be as crazy trust me. If you don’t understand, you would have to try it for yourself. It isn’t dangerous, but you can loose control for a few hours for sure.
@@Opomax I agree with Kennedy acid is no joke man. But. Not comparable to a bomb in my opinion. Just because they are so wildly different. That being said, having a nightmare trip is something that can absolutely change you and stay with you in a way that’s not too dissimilar to these guys’ experience. I can confidently say that that’s the worst thing I’ve ever experienced. 5 years on so far and I still get spooked and put back into that emotional state just thinking about it too long. Ick. Primal fear is no joke.a
The man who had a child and watched her get more ill till she died in his arms got me. Humans that "lead" other humans (gov officials, politicians, etc.) live in another world than us and I believe we'll always just be guinea pigs to them. Makes me absolutely sick.
@@aa_2054 find out where the politicians go in the event of a nuclear war- its a real nice fallout bunker with clean water food and anything else you would need for a couple years. Other countries have fallout shelters and bunkers for their public- only America has zero for the common man or woman- we are screwed.
@@dbt7624 bro... I'm pretty sure you watched the same video as us, you can figure that question out. If you're actually confused I'll explain it though.
Bless the fallen veterans, bless these men and their families for what they have had to endure and are still experiencing. Thank you for bringing this on to the world wide media platform and educating us to not repeat these atrocities.
The same stupid human that because of fear urged the US gov to make this weapon on fear that the nazis where developing the same device. (Which of course they where not)
All these men have a thing in common. The look of utter terror when trying to explain what happened when they witnessed it and the pain they went through in their lives because of it. You can see it in their eyes. You can't begin to imagine what it's like in person compared to what you see on the internet. I hope we never do. I feel so bad for these guys as they were used as lab rats.
My farther was involved in these test. His whole platoon died of cancers of all kinds within 25 years, ive often thought about finding out the facts but were to start looking is beyond me .
my grandad was in these too, he had leukemia and died - then we took the MOD to court - they 'lost' the evidence of how strong the radiation was so we were never able to prove them wrong. he died with no justice
@Scribbli Chheery lol, calm down Paranoid Pete. The only way the CIA would follow up on him is if he shared any plots or waged a serious threat to the government. And I would wager the government has better things to do than to follow up on someone and a harmless paragraph they wrote on an alternative news media channel on RU-vid.
They likely didn't have a choice in the matter of going or not after being put on an assignment like that. It's fear of being served extra duties or demoted and ridiculed by the chain of command.. or even put in jail or executed.. which drives a lot of our modern "warriors" into doing things. Trained to fear their own more than the enemy.
I don't think I'll ever know what it feels like. I live 3 miles from NORAD in Colorado Springs. A millisecond of bright light and I'm going to be a puff of steam and sub atomic particals
@@DarkShroom Talking about the people who say their gonna chill and think its a game, Ive played fallout myself, But ive also seen death. Dont be so selfish, You dont know about the screams, Seeing people blown to bits, People you care about or innocent people blown up.
This is truly unimaginable, the man in the start gave me instant goose bumps. Think about it, a flash so bright you can see the skeletal structure of the man in front of you... through your own hands!
I was on ground during Desert Rose as well as around 50,000 people living in LAs Vegas. My experience was Visceral I will never be able to “forget or bury” the moments...in 1951 at the Nevada test site near Las Vegas, 85 miles. The tests were continuous, including the Bib Bombs during Desert Rose, I and persistent apocalyptic nightmares troughout my teens and as far as my 60’s. I’m 77yrs .
@@omkaczmarczyk thank you for sharing your story. i’m 17 and cant imagine how that must have felt, nor can i truly put into words quite how much that hurts to hear. i wish there was some way that your experiences could be compensated for, the government does not care about its people. i hope that you have been able to make the best of your life after that and that going forward it gets even just a little bit easier to handle every day. thank you for your service and for sharing. wishing you the absolute best.
Skeletal structures have always represented the avatar of the realm of Death. A place where we as living creatures shouldn't go. You almost can't get a closer image of Death than being able to see that image of your peers transformed in skeletons, even with your eyes closed and paradoxically, 78% of they died or their reproductive funcions (ability to give life) were hindered or completely anihilated by the radiation. Nuclear weapons are Death itself.
My grand father was off the coast of bikini island during the US’s first H bomb tests. From what I remember, there were three battleships spaced evenly every 10 miles out to 30 miles. My grandfather was on the furthest ship out and recalled being given sunglasses that he kept and still was able to see through his hands. He died in 2019.
This happened to my grandfather after the Korean War. He was in the Navy and they made him stand on the deck of the ship while they they dropped a nuclear bomb. He remembers the heat and a layer of dust being on his uniform afterwards. Poor guy had nothing but health problems his entire life (cancer, leukaemia etc) and he lost every child he had after that. This caused his marriage to fall apart. Worse part was the government refused to acknowledge what happened, because it happened after the war, it wasn’t during active duty so they wouldn’t help him.
The sad thing is: We'll probably never get rid of these weapons. The knowledge how to build them is out there and as far as I know, no weapon ever has been completely gotten rid off - unless it was replaced by a more powerful weapon.
@Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas The point is, they are PREVENTING wars from happening. The MAD doctrine (mutually assured destruction) provides peace among the great powers. If it wasn't for them, think about how many wars would happen. We would have WW3 and WW4 and probably also WW5
My Grandfather was in the forgotten 216th and was a atomic veteran at the snapper tumbler tests. He was a lucky one who never had health issues. These men deserve so much for what the government has put them and their families through.
Imagine turning 18, not even old enough for a beer yet, then you get drafted into the military just to be a nuclear bomb testing guinea pig Edit: Ok guys I get it now
The fact that they were told little to nothing before engaging in these tests shows how unbelieveably evil the creation of the weapons were at the time and how outrageously abominable they have become today.
Never forget: your government doesn’t care about you. On a good day, you’re a means to an end to them maintaining power. On a bad day; you’re an expendable burden. Raise hell and keep politicians terrified. We are the people.
@@morcoroni because hating them works so well? I mean most people that just go out to hate their government even when they know that they’ve done something right just sound so pathetic. Child like. You should be balanced in your appraisal if your government.
The "world enders" are no more in service. They were also always to heavy and big to be practical in deployed weapon systems. That's why they have weapons in service that are equipped with hydrogen bombs in the medium range of around 300 to 1200 kt today. This is still much more than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bomb which had about 15-21 kt, but much less than the "world enders" in the 10 to 100 Mt range. The big problem is, they have much more of these medium range bombs today and thus can destroy more than just one big bombs. They are also much more precise.
The cores they used in those bombs didn't actually detonade fully with those early bombs they dropped on Japan. The blast dismantled the bomb before complete fission (the opposite of fusion?) could happen. The explosion that destroyed a whole city and killed so many people was caused by material with the volume of a piece of paper.
@@OpenGL4ever Dang it I mixed that up. That wasn't intentional though. I did the research for this for a presentation about the Hydrogen Bomb and just translated knowledge from there.
not really, even the largest nuclear bomb wouldnt really do much in the big picture. they have stopped making bigger and bigger bombs and went with smaller yield yet more warheads
They should teach this in all schools so as provide the chance of a future where people understand the dangers of nuclear weapons and hopefully they become no longer used or needed
My great grandfather was a CWO in the airforce in the early to mid forties and throughout the 1950s but he witnessed the first atomic test south of Los Alamos called “Trinity” in an area known as the Alamogordo bombing site.. he got prostate cancer which he ultimately battled for 6 years until the disease went into remission.. 1998-2004.. He ended up dying from the same damned disease on October 31st of 2010.. I will always love and miss you great grandpa!! You were a great man 😊😇🪦🪖
This is one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen. I am ashamed of what mankind has done in developing these weapons. These poor men and their families.
Robert Oppenheimer was one of the men responsible for creating the atom bomb, and he regretted it for the rest of his life, seeing himself as a monster for creating the bomb
Ashamed of what mankind has become. ......... dude you do realize that it was a few bad people that make these decisions , it's the so called powers that be(goverment )which is like 0.1% , most people are Good
My father witnessed the largest detonation of a nuclear bomb on the North American continent at age 17 while he was in the Air Force. Hood Shot, 74 kilotons at the Nevada Test Site outside Las Vegas in 1956. He passed away Feb. 7, 2020 in the ICU of the Salt Lake VA Hospital. He witnessed two detonations total as part of the Plumbbob Series at the Nevada Teat Site. He was the Utah state commander for the National Association of Atomic Veterans. Most of his adult life was spent helping other atomic veterans get their benefits from the government. I love you, Dad! 🇺🇸
I cared for an atomic veteran in the USA in the early 90s. The poor man died of liver cancer but before he died he told me stories about the nuclear war heads being tested and how they watched them. We listened with horror, that the USA military treated people this way.
@@unkono I'm pretty sure they knew. They dropped 2 nukes on Japan and in the time since we're studying the effects on the victims as they had occupied Japan
They’re about 100 times more powerful apparently some even say a thousand times. That is unimaginable power that shouldn’t be in anyone’s hands. Over a four year period the Japanese imperial army murdered 30,000,000 southeast Asian men, women and children. How different would things be if they were the ones with that kind of power. Just unbelievable.
@@Fencepost55 I believe they had to reduce the tsar nuke blast radius during testing because otherwise the plane wouldn’t be able to escape the blast, scary to think about.
Estimates of the tzar bomb was 50 megatons and the full power that was scaled down ranged up to 100 megatons. The mushroom cloud went out of the atmosphere. And melted the paint off the plane that dropped it.
Yeh but the trick is getting them to care. The government's that have nuclear weapons know exactly what they can do. That's why they have them. And because they're sick sadistic pos. It's one of my worst fears
@@AuntieMamies As horrible as it is, it's completely true. The Governments know that it would be the end of the world if a singular ICBM launched, Yet they dont do anything to get rid of it. they are willing to risk the whole world just to have a backup weapon.
It attracted the aliens to us, that's why they are present. They identified it and decided to rock up and intervene. They have disabled the nukes, but at a grave price. They have diabolical plans for us, and we are witnessing the first ripples of their interference as we speak. You know what I am talking about. Research the Galactic Federation. They are an organisation of countless ET races in a format like our UN whom take it upon themselves to police and govern the galaxy, hence their excessive wrath over the use of nukes on Earth, because that is what has decimated many planets before.
Both my father and one uncle witnessed a nuclear detonation, my father in the pacific while in the Navy, my uncle in New Mexico while in the Army. My uncle got leukemia and passed at age 72. My father is still living at 93. He’s had lots of cancerous skin lesions removed over the decades. He also said he saw the bones of his hands and got thrown to the deck. Crazy, right?
@@lollollol1575 Sad about my uncle, but he enlisted voluntarily, knew he might be doing dangerous work. What he and the physicists didn’t know is that inning radiation can be passed down over generations. Two of my cousins have had cancer, and three of their children have rare deformities. Thus far, nobody in Dad’s direct family line has had health issues related to radiation, unless you count type 1 diabetes and psoriatic arthritis.
@@art7772 I’ll accept your thanks on his behalf and on the behalf of my nephew who is going into the Marines in September. Dad had a stroke two weeks ago and is being cared for by hospice. His kind is literally a dying breed.
As a veteran myself I am heartbroken and angry as hell for what our governments have done to these and other solders. The governments treat our military as test rats and it needs to stop. AND THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THAT THEY HAVE WRONGED.
A war crime against our own men. Disgraceful. We in Australia allowed these bombs to be dropped in a place called Marilinga which the radiation killed Aboriginals in that region. Disgusting shame.
@@jaed2630 You didn't watch the video did you? Its not a laughing matter either. Many didnt survive full lifes. if they did they had many issues that one human should never have. If you noticed out of 22K soldiers how many were at the convention. Right there it should tell you many have passed. Veterans are abused by our governments.
We've always been test rats and always will be. You don't just fight the war on the battlefield. The things they did while wrong, as they should have asked for volunteers first, was necessary for the defense of our nation, and countless others. The one's that went thru testing were as brave as any who went over the top. But please keep in mind, it was all needed, in a time where we were only a thin hair ahead of the enemy, and if we had failed, the free world would never have been.
Honestly makes me wanna cry that these people were casted aside as test subjects for a bomb we already knew was so unimaginably powerful. Not fair to them and to their families.
No, dude....we HAVE TO know. The consequences of nuclear technology and the ability of any given govt to look at human life as a statistic is something we really need to understand. Good times create weak men and we’ve been in the historical “best of times” since the end of the Cold War....the long peace. If we aren’t careful and we don’t learn, we could see a “weak men create bad times” scenario go down in our lifetimes.
@@manifestgtr The good times have likely already passed, up till 15-20 years ago. Now we are witnessing the weak men creating the hard times as we speak.
I am sure many were very brave but being used as guinea pigs is not what makes someone brave. What they went through was horrific and government must be held accountable at all times for their actions. If you gave up your right to defend yourself, there is nothing you can do at this point. If you supported that, you are a POS. This was a rant and not directed specifically at anyone in this thread unless you are a POS.
Even if we don't its why movies that show the hell that is next are important, from films of the end of the world and what we have to do after to mad max showing us that this sort of hell is our best if that.
I want to know the science behind this. I originally thought the first guy was exaggerating, but I was shocked when the other men mentioned it too. It's crazy to think about.
@@nightshadehelis9821the initial fireball of a nuclear bomb creates as much heat as the surface of the sun. It creates so much light that it makes your flesh see through meaning you can see your own bones. Its like holding a flashlight to your finger but on a massive scale
Even the ones that survived had their lives taken away, passing on illnesses to their children, with that one man having his daughter pass away in his arms because of the effects his radiation had on her when creating her, The trauma of having to keep it secret for so long, not being able to have healthy children, it's just so upsetting. They didn't know what they were in for, they didn't tell the soldiers for a reason because they would've tried to back out.
My granddad's unit got sent into Hiroshima 5 days after it was nuked. They were to find survivors and give them aid. No one was told about the radiation or given any protective gear. He said it was worse than all of the bloody gory combat he seen during the war. Gave him nightmares for the rest of his life.
The ONLY THING these people in North Korea, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan understand is strength. They look at humanitarian feelings and efforts as weakness. If needed we must use the nuclear weapons of the United States of America to remove these totalitarian regimes from the earth. God Bless The Engola Gay, General Tibbets, Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein and The United States of America for dropping the bomb on Japan to end the war. Had they no nuked the Japanese then my Father, who had survived landing in Normandy on June 6th and the whole war in Europe against Nazi Germany, would not have survived landing in Japan. The odds for surviving two large invasions were zero and, many Americans were loading in Mariselle, headed to the Pacific to invade Japan when we dropped the bombs. So, if needed I would recommend using all of our weapons before one more American Service member dies to liberate a people who end up being ungrateful in the end. To quote General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson during the American Civil War, when asked when will all this fighting end, he said, "kill them, kill them all and they will stop."
@@barbieann2836 yeah ok you should really watch this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RCRTgtpC-Go.html There was no reason to drop the bomb other than pure evil. No military reason, no humanitarian reason, nothing.
Hmmm . Writing your post it strikes me you didn’t get the sentiment. Some very unhinged countries have an arsenal of these weapons to call upon for whatever there cause is good or evil depending on your stand point . If you take a knife into a street fight it can be used against you if you falter. This is purely an extension of this on a global scale and with no contingency other than mega death .!!! Having the whip hand can turn very quickly as we have witnessed on so many occasions in war with humanity being so corrupt. They are simply a curse on our existence and inextricably linked to our demise if we continue to covet power using them
@@amoshagan7645 Yeah let's all get more nukes so we can all blast the whole planet. Great solution. Oh, and let's sing the national anthem bc patriotism! jfc
Wow, at beginning, how he said he could see to his bones because of the X-rays - another level, wow. Mr. Douglas Hearn's words were powerful -- all of these brave men...I hope they had the best lives they could've had.
Thank you VICE, for granting these men the grace to share and talk about their experience. As well as in doing so, spread important information and knowledge about this besides all the other topics you cover. Great work!
Unfortunately they weren't told the magnitude of their orders, hearing that you will be WORKING WITH BOMBS, isn't the same as..hey we are basically going to nuke you for experimental purposes, lastly if they were in before 1947 could of been drafted
@@julianj9830 You put men in quotes, as if you are any more of a man than them. They had more courage and confidence in themselves before the bombs than you ever will.
I'm genuinely horrified by nuclear bombs. I feel their pain because I fear so greatly to experience it myself. It's not an irrational fear. A nuclear bomb explosion near you is something that doesn't just go away once its done and over with. After the bomb drops, generational trauma ensues and you never escape its effects. It's disturbing.
@@SonyaBladesBootyyou forget we live in a world full of insane people. All it takes is one nut to get angry, there’s also the fact that once you have the formula it’s not that complicated to build a dirty bomb
@@edgardorodriguez3710 I agree, but it would have to be accepted by the whole military hierarchy in Russia for exemple. It's not like in U.S where the president is the only man who can order a launch. Also a dirty bomb would not be as powerful as a several megatons H-bomb.
@@Jean-be7uk A nuclear war between countries is definitely less likely, but still it’s not something to dismiss. I share a great deal of concern for nuclear weapons because of the sheer raw power of destruction and mass death of all forms of life it could easily be responsible for. A major concern is something along the lines of terrorists being supplied nuclear weapons and technology by hostile countries like North Korea for example. That’s a truly frightening idea.
@@JackLWalsh I agree, we are a few irresponsible political decisions away. Regarding terrorism, I hope superpowers are able to monitor suspect movings of radioactive material effectively. But again, I doubt terrorists would use a high yield weapon.
@Vladimir Putin sooooo edgy LIKE OMG this guy has Vladimir Putin as his youtube name WOW! I bet hes like so smart and soo cool and like knows soo much things about the world and totally isn't some 16 year old kid looking for attention he never got.
i can't fathom, literally my brain can't even comprehend it being possible for the blast and light to be so strong that the bodies of these men became practically transparent for few seconds, that's insane, i feel so sorry for everyone who had to experience it on their own skin
As a 21 year old watching this, it’s harrowing to hear firsthand the destruction at a biological level that can happen for multiple generations for these men that went through this and anyone else who was unfortunate enough to be in a nuclear blast. Hopefully my generation never has to experience the horror of nuclear war
As a 21 year old, you seem very level headed. Keep that mentality. That’s what will save the world one day, if there is a chance of it being saved. Keep it up bro.
Not to mention a hunch back. Jesus what an intense and moving picture his story paints. It's straight out of a horror movie, where the real monster is the government.
Anyone that makes the effort to go from sitting in their motorized cart to sitting in a conventional chair for the sake of an interview deserves the respect their making the effort to maintain imo. God bless him and the rest of these gentlemen.
My grandfather was in the Navy in the Marshall Islands mainly for cleaning up nuclear debris. He died in 1986 from skin cancer and liver cancer. My grandmother filed for his va disability in the early 90’s and they kept denying her because she couldn’t prove the cause of his cancer. She kept trying and finally in 2015 it was awarded to her. By then she had developed leukemia I can only assume from being around my grandfather. I just hope all the wives of these other men were maybe treated better than her and were able to escape getting cancer themselves.
From the other comments that I read, unfortunately it doesn't sound that any family got any help or sympathy. I am commenting from what I have read in the comment section so far, I have not researched my answer, maybe someone did get some government help and acknowledgement.
