The Time We Nuked Five Men to Prove a Point
On July 19th, 1957, a 2-kiloton nuclear warhead exploded above the heads of five volunteers during “Shot John” of the Operation Plumbbob series of US nuclear tests. Why would anyone volunteer to be at ground zero for such a blast, and what happened to them? SHOW NOTES: https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich... https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25979 https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/... https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/americas... MUSIC: Composed for [THE FACILITY] Meydän “Elän” Meydän “Freezing but warm” Meydän “Elk” Meydän “Away” Meydän “Deadly Isotopes” Meydän 💪 JOIN [THE FACILITY] for members-only live streams, behind-the-scenes posts, and the official Discord: / kylehill 👕 NEW MERCH DROP OUT NOW! https://shop.kylehill.net 🎥 SUB TO THE GAMING CHANNEL: / @kylehillgaming ✅ MANDATORY LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS 📲 FOLLOW ME ON SOCIETY-RUINING SOCIAL MEDIA: 🐦 / sci_phile 📷 / sci_phile 😎: Kyle ✂: Charles Shattuck 🤖: @Claire Max 🎹: bensound.com 🎨: Mr. Mass / mysterygiftmovie 🎵: freesound.org 🎼: Mëydan “Changes” (https://meydan.bandcamp.com/) by Meydän is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org)
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