Atomic Veterans Were Silenced for 50 Years. Now, They're Talking.
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2019
- After more than four decades of forced silence, some of the last surviving atomic soldiers share their unfathomable experiences of the atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. Read more: www.theatlantic.com/video/ind...
"The Atomic Soldiers" was directed by Morgan Knibbe. It is a part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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No hype, no narration, no music, just the accounts of the people who were there.
How a good documentary should be. This is way more compelling and powerful that a sugar coated bland story like most shows and entertainment are today where the story is a cookie cutter of thousands of other stories
A little research would show in time
i love this style of interview so much.
Way more visceral
Thank God for no music or narration. This feels and sounds real.
My grandfather was one of these men. Suffered from skin cancer for all of his life. Rest easy, Grandpa Sam.
thelonelyfry RIP grandpa sam. my grandfather was in WW2 On a ship, he also died of skin cancer. do you think that the war had something to do with that?
The government is truly evil. I could only imagine what those men heard and felt and saw when that nuke went off. To be able to stand a few miles away from a radiated bomb and feel the force, feel the searing heat and it being as bright as the sun to see your skeleton through your hands and body...... Plus re-living that event over and over and over in dreams and waking up from PTSD....Those men were used as guinea pigs by the very Government and Military :(
Rest in peace to your Uncle Sam thelonelyfry and to everyone else who lost their lives due to this
Same with my grandpa he died from cancer as well from radiation exposure. Before that he was a tailgunner on a b17 in ww2.
Uncle Sam*
Their silent faces said a lot more than their words
My father was one of the men. He severed in the military from 1944 to 1958. He was active in the South Pacific Islands during WWII and he did two tours in Korea. Between WWII and Korea he was involved in the testing. I remember him telling me back around 2000 bits and pieces from when he was involved. At the age of 90 when he was dyeing of Leukemia he told me everything . What he saw, how it felt and what is was truly like being the government's guinea pig. He father five children. All of us children that he fathered has some form of birth defect and illness, including cancers early in life. I am the last child born of the family and I had stage II prostate cancer at the age of 38. Now I am 50 and I have chronic illnesses that the doctors can't explain. All of my siblings have had the same issues that I have with some form of caner and illness that can't be explained. We are all healthy and active. The doctors say it is genetic. Sure it is.
Do the carnivore diet with grass fed beef. it'll all clear up in like 1-2 years.
@@RandomHuTaoSimp lol
Overexposure to radioactive materials and toxic materials from atomic bombs can be transmitted genetically
Be healed in Jesus name.
Where’s your reparations?
This is journalism people
Not the crap they feed us 24/7
Damn good of you to put this up
Thank you for having integrity
This isn't journalism. True journalism would get all sides of the argument and present them to you.
@@NunYa953 yeah you're right they should have interviewed the other side of the argument, the officials of the time to hear them talk about how it was the good thing to do to use 400,000 men as guinea pigs. There isn't annything right about nuclear bombs, it's just madness. And a government lying to the people it's supposed to protect is a lying, treacherous one.
Nun Ya I get the sentiment for what you are saying but I have to agree with the other commenter, the military keeping this covered up and denying these acts speaks loud enough for any interview you could give the public.
@@isaacj.elliott2137
Have you served in the military?
@@NunYa953
I don't know if Mr. Scoggins has
But I have
And I know what the other side of the argument would be.
It would be silence
The 'look' on these men's faces after re-living the nightmare, is heart breaking. Government cover up at it's best. :(
I can't imagine Russian vets who are probably killed if they spoke just one word like these men did. I like to really take into consideration on what they say because tomorrow is never promised.
"I think it was their flesh"
Sent chills through my spine unlike any horror movie EVER could. Humanity at it's very worst.
My heart goes out to all the men who had to endure this.
I think it's because movie is...well..just a movie and our brain isn't build to process this kind of devastation. I think that's why there was such a disorientation like he said. I mean, imagine a flash light so bright you can see all your blood vessels and bones in your hand. And after this experience, you have to feel extreme heat and shock wave...and after you finally stand up you have this giant psychedelic mushroom cloud raising into the sky while people around you loosing their shit. And as a cherry on the top you get the real horror, the silent killer, the invisible killer, the radiation and something in your body is telling you "get the fuck outta here, it's not good for you at all, I can feel it".
I think that worst part psychically was all the panic around you and you seeing it and hearing it. If there were two people, I think you wouldn't feel such a horror as seeing thousand boys shitting their pants and calling for their mothers..either way. I believe human race doesn't need atomic bomb. Atomic energy, yes..not bombs or rays or whatever that could be used to destroy.
no i seen worse been part of worse experiments
how i survive nobody knows
'Things were dangling...I think it was their Flesh!'
@@kukuricapica WORST Part Was They were Young, Trained Soldiers, Had Some Protection in Slit Trenches, Yet Still Suffered And Many Died Early.
They literally took soldiers and gave them PTSD then said don't tell anyone how we have you PTSD
Including adverse health problems. Mental and emotional problems. And for many of them the possibility their children will have some form of disorder and/or deformity
@@writeonn1437 ye the children getting fur is sad but
there are 2 sides to every story, me personally love being conducted inhuman experiments on
just like safety word is clonazepam banana or cherry bomb
its just that i cant do normal shit and i got cancer again but
I hope you can tell them that I give a damn. What our government did to them is appalling.
I didn't give a damn before but Christ almighty I don't think it's possible to forget what I just watched. The editing here is tremendous, but what these men experienced... I don't want anyone else to EVER have to experience that. I cannot put into words how this video made me feel. I suspect my grandfather was one of these men, although he never spoke about it. He died of massively metastasized lymphoma at the age of 68, he had cancer in every part of his body. He was never deployed but I'll be damned if the trauma wasn't obvious. This doesn't just make me sad, it makes me furious. All I feel right now is pure rage, rage against the corrupt, devious, dishonest, and destructive organization that is our "government". Tyrants - we are ruled by tyrants. The day of reckoning is coming for these snakes, they will burn in the fires stoked by the hatred they have cultivated within us. The only enemy we have as a people are the individuals responsible for this sort of tyranny. There's never been a better time to reinvent the guillotine...
@@saml7610 "i would go to canada first" the american in me truly quaked in fear...
Not in a sarcastic way
@@roryjones95 "I would go to Canada first" - I'm british and I have no idea if that was something literal or if it was a figure of speech, is it a figure of speech? Why did he say it?
It sounded like strong words, I got the impression that it would be the last thing to do is go to Canada and that he'd rather do that over experiencing another nuclear test. But above all, what these humans went through was the very polar opposite of humane, to hear the story of a General being freaked out was enough to tell me how wrong they had it back then, as in nobody seemed to of known how horrific it would of been besides maybe the most very top people, it's saddening. Those survivors deserve the utmost respect, honour and recognition of bravery considering what we now understand about radioactive materials & explosions.
@@saltservice4024 for a Brit it would be like saying "im moving to France" unless that sterotype is outdated? And let me tell you that for atleast this American... This is the first i knew of just how BAD the tests went for the soldiers, its CRIMINAL.
They were murdered. Lied to first, then murdered.
Just like the Soviet Citizens who were used for their atomic weapons tests and those lived in the area around the "polygon"...
David Hollenshead if America is on the same level as soviet Russia something is seriously fucked
David Hollenshead, would you be so kind to point out, what atomic weapons tests were deliberately conducted on soviet civilians?Thank you.
#Genocide
Premeditated murder. They had some idea what this would do to these soldiers. They were testing to gage the extent of the damage. This is one of the worst crimes I have ever heard of.
My grandfather was part of the Manhattan project. The army took him from his job at Du Pont where he was working on a way to store nuclear waste in glass and made him a part of the military research. All those years... he never told anyone. He died rather suddenly from a very aggressive cancer that had come out of nowhere. Or so the family thought. The family hired a lawyer based on this type of cancer. One discovery led to another and the govt ended up telling the family in a redacted but rather lengthy report, about my grandfathers service to the country. He was a kind man w a soft smile and a bellowing laugh. I miss him.
Pj you might be interested in the film "Dark Waters" with Mark Ruffalo, which chronicles the criminal and murderous activity of Dupont over decades.
are you able to share that report that you said was given to your family? i know that is really personal but i think it would be a great value to have be public somewhat i guess. the more the truth is out there the better, maybe you might see it that your grandfather would want his story out too. just a thought i had
So your family feels the need to be compensated? What about all the men in my family who died fighting for this country? Do we get to sue someone also? How selfish.
@@foobarmaximus3506 family got a lawyer to find out what happened. Not get money 🤡🤡🤡 tf is wrong w you 🤣🤣🤣
@@foobarmaximus3506 and I dunno maybe GET AN ATTORNEY. HOW SHOULD I KNOW WHAT YOUR FAMILY DID?? And you wanna be compensated? How selfish. We had to do it to find out why. Shameful.
I was a Military Intelligence Specialist in the USAF from 1969 to 1975, working in the Strategic Air Command, doing targeting and codes work...and this moved me. In just one of the B-52s I did targeting for, there were FOUR 9Mt weapons...hundreds of times more powerful than the bombs these men experienced. The fact that these men were denied any disability benefits from VA sickens me.
Thank you for giving these people a voice, giving their stories a place in history.
It is important to know human errors. And never to repeat nuclear disasters.
Absolutely. 🫂🕊️
Part of the monstrous human nature recorded in history
ironic how all of these TRIALS on humans done by humans (monsters) ONLY to master killing/threatening other humans in diff spots on earth in an artistic way ://
This one story is enough to justify 100% support for whistle-blowers!
not true. You would be surprised at what happens to most whistelblowers. Most of them simply are fired and their careers are pretty ruined.
@@stevewyatt3339
Theirs lives are basically ruined. Fired, careers gone, reputations ruined...
@@stevewyatt3339 You're saying that whistle-blowers should not be fully supported? Why?
John Walker, you're spare parts, bud.
@John Walker Homophobe too,eh? Great work, 10 Ply!
My late grandmother who was on the neighboring atoll named Rongelap, told me that she saw the light while playing outside with other local kids. Then came the nuclear fallout which affected the whole community forever. She had shared her stories many times with media. I’ve been to Enewetak on Runit island where the Nuclear waste is stored. It’s scary. I hope one day US government will clean the mess it left for our people. Thank you for sharing your stories with everyone. Kommol tata!
No way! I just saw your picture of the dome on Enewetak
As an American, I apologize for the terrible losses your people have suffered. Please accept my sincere apology, in place of my government's criminal thoughtlessness.
the fallout is a long-lasting problem. Neutrinos are an immediate, - penetrating everything, even bunkers - impulse. They can hit quarks in a nucleus and emit muons, cause cancer,, etc. Only experts knew about this!
I’ve seen your images as well
My Dad witnessed 6 Atomic/hydrogen bomb test, at the Marshall Islands, when he was in the Marine Corp.
He has had numerous health issues. The United States government does nothing for these men! It’s a crime, shame on us.
Everyone can see for themselves, at 11°33'9.21"N 162°20'49.99"E.
I agree 100%
Look up d.o.j. atomic bomb veteran grant. Please
@@williamwaggoner8904 thanks!
If he is still alive after all this time he must be 100 years old. Good for him. My uncles died in WWII and all they got were some medals and a white cross.
About 15 years ago, there was a deacon at my church who told me about this. He would come over to my place and we would talk. He told me about this experience when he was in the Pacific Islands. He said one time they lined them all up and had all of the men put sheets around their backs and over their heads, turn away from where the blast would be and place their hands over their eyes. He told me that when the blast went off, he could see the bones in his fingers, just like these men described. After the blast was over, all of the sheets were collected. They had imprints of the men on them!
He also told me that the upper brass and their wives would fly overhead to watch the big show, while they were down below getting zapped.
Don died in the early 2000s after having health problems.
May you rest in PEACE Don. Thank you for your service sir. Be at a place of nothing but pure peace and bliss now Don, well take it from here buddy ✌🏼😉👍🏼😌🙏🏼
Hey mikesjunk00, thanks for sharing this so we can and may pay this man his due respect he deserves. Be well brother man. ✌🏼
mikesjunk00 the part of the men having their image imprinted on sheets reminded me of the shroud of Turin..very similar how scientists say the image on the shroud was created..
@@isaactorres5908 yes, they NUKED JESUS
FFS
@@larapalma3744 jesus was radioactive
Lara Palma you are so so foolish..
This should be shown on every major news network.
Yeah, 3 or 4 times a day!
Most definitely. Annually remind people would be nice
@@jazzcatt nah. People would stop caring/pay attention if it was that often. Maybe like three times every month.
Too bad trump will never allow it
BIG FACTS
My God, I have never seen a bunch of people in more pain. I want to give each of them a hug.
I admire the courage it took for them to relive the experience in order to break the silence that has held them captive for decades! In the beginning, it was heartbreaking to see how they appeared to be locked in a distant/inner world, but overcame that state to describe the horrors of the event they (not having any idea of the harmful effects) unwittingly participated in. Often, one of them faltered in the telling and momentarily retreated to his safe inner space. These are truths we, as fellow humans, need to know. We may differ in opinions, skills, education, interests, politics, religious affiliations, and ethnic/cultural backgrounds, but we are all, by design, HUMAN BEINGS.
You can see it in their eyes……they’ve all been traumatized. Just with regards to the culture of secrecy that surrounded them. Not being able to talk to each other, or anyone else about what they witnessed.
I want to give them medical attention, and a place to live in absolute peace❤🌴💐🥀🌹🌻🌴
@@dawnroberts8701 Well said.
I have, because I've seen the aftermath videos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. America will go down in history as the first country that used them against human beings. Hopefully also the last.
When you look at them, when you look in their eyes, I think you see the most powerful and most true from of bottled up pain
This is unfathomable trauma and to have to be silent about what happened to them is an unforgivable sin on this nation.
Nuclear weapons are humanity’s most horrible achievement.
FOR NOW
@@whymelord5695 WHY?
They have a few potentially good uses - especially for the purpose of space travel. #projectplowshare
Just to clarify, this was an atomic bomb, not a nuclear bomb. And no, they’re not the same.
Thomas - Venmo Customer Service
OP said nuclear weapon not bomb which is actually correct. An atomic bomb is a type of nuclear weapon.
My father was an Atomic Veteran. He was dead within 6 years, of “a very rare, predominantly among military, always fatal, disorder” called ALS...
Truth About Everything 2 ALS is different from polio.
You prove it. Do you know what ALS is?
@Truth About Everything 2 Because polio and ALS are both manifestations of anterior horn cell disease, consideration of some etiologic or pathogenetic relationship continues to happen.....Our limited studies in Guam and Rochester, Minnesota, have added to the negative list, and support the conclusion that there is no etiologic association of these two distinct diseases.....Although the results to date do not support a polio-ALS relationship, further long-term studies are desirable for both the classical and the Western Pacific forms of ALS with respect to past polio outbreaks and, for the future, the unknown effect of polio vaccines on the incidence of ALS."
Source: Okumura H, et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1995.
@@VS-et4pn There is a treatment discovery by Dr. Goiz called Medical Biomagnetism. Dr. Goiz determined by using magnets where each pathogen resides in the body. Polio is sciatic (-)/sciatic (+).
It is never just one pathogen that creates an illness. If someone who has a diagnosis of ALS would be treated by a biomagnetist, sciatic/sciatic would most likely be addressed.
Here is a short video describing biomagnetic pair therapy.
ua-cam.com/video/uOcYOcYzG5c/v-deo.html
My daughter’s husband died from cancer figgered from this in Nevada using them as expermental rats- She had married a older man our age
My grandpa was one of these guys. He only ever told me about it once. I was about to join the army and he told me about being a lab rat, “they told us all to get in the trench and keep our heads down and never talk about it, it was really something.” That’s a lot coming from my grandpa, he never had much to say and when it was a bad experience he would skim, the worse it was the more skimming.
Did you still join? Sounds like he was trying to warn you off.
@@The_ZeroLine negative, haven’t regretted it one bit either.
I see the betrayal and sadness in each and every one of These Vet's tears came to my eyes They didn't realize they were going to be sacrificial lambs the damn government knew.. thank you all for telling her story my prayers are with you all
The "seeing your own bones like an x-ray with your eyes closed" and "people walking with their flesh hanging inside their uniforms" got me.
Daniel Denitro Nuclear bombs release massive amounts of X-rays and the much more damaging Gamma rays. It is sickening to know that the US military will use their own people to test the effects of deadly radiation from nuclear bombs. There are many more (declassified) instances of draconian behavior from the US government, including plans for sterilization of certain groups of people and other disgusting eugenics programs. Americans need to vote in genuine (Progressive) leaders who will actually look out for the people's health, safety and best interests. Corporate politicians only care about money.
Me too. That's when I cried.
@@gordthor5351 I like what you said but disagree with wanting Progressive leaders if you mean Democrats. They use people & oppress people, they lie to people & tell them what they think they want to hear. They view people as cattle and slaves. They believe that they are so much greater and they make up most of the Elites and Deep State. I was a Democrat from the time I registered to vote in 1973 until 2001 when I became embarrassed by them.
@@gordthor5351 I remember reports from Irak about contaminated water american soldiers were using. IIRC the guy who was doing tests mentioned among other pathogens typhus and malaria. You can watch it here:ua-cam.com/video/GgrxhmYP_9A/v-deo.html I wonder it that was an accident, a company behaving irresponsibly, or they were actually used as a guinea pigs for drug tests or similar.
@@JoanneSgrignoli I'm not American and I just call it like I see it. I agree with most of what you said about "corporate" Democrats, but the "corporate" Republicans are even worse (you think Trump doesn't, "tell people what they want to hear").
The problem in your government is "corporate corruption" (what you call the "deep state") and only the Progressives are willing to not accept any campaign money (bribes) from corporate donors.
Biden is a POS corporate Democrat, but Andrew Yang is very genuine (and brilliant) and completely funded by the people. Yang is the same rare personality type as Elon Musk, so he has a genuine concern for humanity and you can be sure he will accomplish what he says he can. I am also an INTJ type, so I know what Yang is all about (truth, facts, logic, reason, fairness, excellent complex problem solver......).
What makes Yang so special is that he can bring Americans together (most politicians divide people) and he is also an intellectually brilliant visionary.
Go listen to Yang, plenty of Trump supporter say (in the comments) that they really like Yang and would vote for him.
Like Yang says, "the best direction isn't left or right, it's forward". Progressives really are a 3rd party.
my deepest tears of sorrow for these brave men. Your stories are powerful and you have been wronged.
My uncle John C Ryals was a witness to one of these test.. He died 10 years later from brain cancer.
I knew a guy when I was a kid, he went through this. He lived in Riverside CA. He is passed now, He had a hard time with life because of these tests.
“We were told to scrub for 50 minutess in a hot bath to get the radiation off, but we didn’t know it wasn’t doing no good”-95 yr old ww2 vet from San Antonio
Yea radiation goes through your molecules
If he lived to 95 - clearly he was fine. Rofl..
Sorry for your inflicted torture and speaking up about it as a warning for others.
East side San Antonio representer
@Möccus Däzbog my question is was the cancer/s the same types % wise with known causes due to radiation? Treatment provided by Gvt? I worked with a Viet Nam vet who had 4 types of cancers...and of course many of his comrades also had cancer and died, only 2 were alive as he told me.
This has to be one of the saddest and most intense documentaries I've seen. How can our government justify such an atrocity???
9/11
one word my friend. USA never forget it. its only country that used atomic bomb against humanity.. dont forget the japan.. and now take a deep breath sit down and think what happening now in world.. we need to sanction whole usa and close it up from world.. usa is monster country that has no respect for any humanity.
In addition to the thousands of Nuclear Weapon Program/ D.O.E. test subjects drawn from the U.S. military to be test subjects in nuclear bomba experiments...
MKULTRA, MKOFTEN, MKNAOMI, Radiation injections into hospital patients to test radiation effects on human physiology (non consensual of course)....
... and the domestic digital spying like PRISM et. al., Olympic Games computer virus (with the co-criminal nation of Israel who also developed Pegasus virus for your smartphone, which is routinely used by dictatorships to eliminate opposition ie. "convenient accidents")....
... I could keep typing, but i think that's enough leads to get the point across. The U.S. government and CIA and their political donors are criminals who further Military-Industrial Complex profits and concentrated economic power structures within the larger population of U.S. citizens. Citizens who remain oblivious to these ends, yet wonder why they struggle in the richest nation on Earth that only has 4.25% of the global population. Why schools suddenly can't afford sports teams or music classes. These power brokers and ultra-rich put up with the under-class because those are labor for their corporate interests. Individuals don't matter unless they're multimillionaire or billionaires or can enrich the people in power.
So that's how it's all F'd.
Of course other countries have done similar, like China and Nazi Germany and North Korea and Stalin's Soviets and Russia.... ....but it's not a great club to be in.
Can't, only lie about it.
This was absolutely chilling. What these men went through is unforgivable. This documentary should be required viewing in each HS across the nation.
This is true journalism. Thank you. These men are the bravest bunch around
Stunning. Props to the production team for having the veterans' silence speak loudly at the beginning of the video and at various points during the film. Thanks for selecting this video to share.
So typical for our government, they could care less about any of us. Thank you for your service!
I am also a vet, and have a lot of friends who are very sick from burning shit and whatever else while overseas. I agree, we were and are nothing but test subjects. Everyone is now getting sick and dying from the vaccinations that were "forced" on us, and there is absolutely no way of knowing what we were vaccinated with!
@@hummer8118 Yes many vets are sick I feel so deeply for them human language does it no justice. my father contracted hepatitus from mass innoculation in the 60s where they would use the same gun to innoculate dozens of soldiers in a line. All governments in history see soldiers as 1s and 0s in an algorithim with only one pretext: Make profit.
We have a duty to deplatform warhawks, to spread information about our cruel government so-called 'elites.' And to make sure every moment of suffering incurred onto our families is delivered sevenfold onto the backs of these subhumans on their way out.
@Dr. M. H. A relevant book by Jim Marrs is "The Rise of the Fourth Reich."
its what you can do for country - men in power are clueless and dont want to take responsibility and now are these in charge all dead
without trying to be rude or anything, but thanks to people like them, that "got sacrificed" the cold war didnt end in a nuclear war.
without the knowledge about what these bombs do, we most likely wouldnt live.
I saw another interview where several men said it was “ungodly” and just so intense like “it was never supposed to exist on earth”. I can’t imagine having to live your life (or lose it) having to experience such an evil creation tested on you like you’re a lab rat. You’re sent out to defend the very government who did that to you. Just disgraceful. And so horribly saddening.
After 23 years of working on nuclear weapons in the USAF I've often wondered what effects of this has caused to my health. No, no exposure to weapons blasts, but long term exposure to ionizing radiation. Even more concerning is the exposure to all the weird chemicals used in cleaning all the parts and components; plus the test and handling gear.
These old boys really experienced something. Gents from their era are not known to complain easily. Take notice.
The fact that people from their era didn't complain is why that shit went on for so long. Society needs people to complain and make a fuss for any change and progress to happen. So yes take notice
I agree. People today complain but most do nothing about it. These men didn't know any better. Ppl had faith and trust in our government, a government that did nothing but lie and mislead. (Still does) I respect the elderly tremendously. Thing is people today call them on their bullshit and gives people like these men an outlet and courage to come forward. They did not have social media etc.
Hard men create good times.
Good times create soft men.
Soft men create hard times..
Shawn Clarkson why do u think that
too many soft ppl these millenials
THIS SHOULD BE SHOWN IN EVERY SCHOOL FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL GENERATION WHO HAS NO CONCEPT OF SUCH THINGS BEFORE THEY JOIN THE MILITARY
yes ,, sadly who controls the schools and funds them ? and who needs the military ? o yea the goverment you vote for every 4 years
Yet everyone wants more government control.
to be fair ppl join the military bc they want to serve the country and protect what they love, want, and believe in. sure this will maybe change there mind but its the government, a military organization. if you dont expect anything to happen to you in the army and you feel like its safe then you shouldn't even be signing up them. also these vets signed up for this, sure they didnt say what is was so thats not there fault but they volunteered for this experiment.
"We “run after our thoughts” now, and follow their commands just as before we followed parental, human ones. Our course of action is determined by our thoughts (ideas, conceptions, faith) as it is in childhood by the commands of our parents.
For all that, we were already thinking when we were children, only our thoughts were not fleshless, abstract, absolute, i. e., NOTHING BUT THOUGHTS, a heaven in themselves, a pure world of thought, logical thoughts."
"Any thought bound to a thing is not yet nothing but a thought, absolute thought."
"Not the might of the avenging Eumenides, not Poseidon’s wrath, not God, far as he sees the hidden, not the father’s rod of punishment, do we fear, but - conscience."
"So long as one knows himself only as spirit, and feels that all the value of his existence consists in being spirit (it becomes easy for the youth to give his life, the “bodily life,” for a nothing, for the silliest point of honor), so long it is only thoughts that one has, ideas that he hopes to be able to realize some day when he has found a sphere of action; thus one has meanwhile only ideals, unexecuted ideas or thoughts." -Max Stirner, The Ego and His Own.
@@mt-zf6xp I did, and mine was.
My great uncle was one of them. He passed away years ago, but I still remember what he said.
He was deaf to an explosion blowing out his ear drum. Still, he was the most talkative and loving man. He would joke around about anything, but if you ever brought up war or the past he would be in stunned silence.
I remember I went to go visit him for a week one time as a child. I asked him about his experience. All he could tell me was, “he’s never seen so much evil in this world”. I had never heard him sound so upset. To date, it is still profound to me just because how out of character it was for him.
Much love to him and anybody who has a family member apart of this.
Most real veterans are like that about war. PTSD is common among wartime veterans.
Wow. Every citizen needs to see this.. and all politicians and military need to see it 15 times.
This is why I would never do a government job or fight for any war. Even if you survive the memories will haunt you forever.
@Techstorm2065 not going to the military doesnt make you a beta it makes you an idiot.
Killing all those innocent people made them real men?
@@surchandler13 don’t comment if u aren’t educated
So WHAT price would you pay for your freedom? You sound like a spinless coward.
@@kermaraff5188 clearly that goes for you
This is just...absolutely disturbing. We treated our own soldiers just as we treated our worst enemy in WWII. The government eventually apologized to the people of Japan but not our own military veterans. They don't even acknowledge what they did to these men. To think that our government doesn't give a fck about killing and injuring the people that defended our country.
Aurora Wolfe
Trly.
Uuhf up
Every top official in the relevant responsible chain of command should be stripped of all current privileges, personal belongings and assets, and left in the hood to make their way at the bottom.
The zionists won ww2. The world has suffered since
They didn’t treat them the same was as Japan if they did they would of already died from cancer or died on the spot and they were also in trenches
That silence and blank expression is so powerful
One of the things I noticed of all of these men.. when you look closely... they have signs of aging on one side of their face over the other... and I have no doubt in my mind that their "aged" side is the one they faced to the explosion first... It really is a travesty that they were commanded to face such a destrucive force without informed consent.
And despite my distaste for such destruction..
I can ONLY show my reverence and utmost respect to these men that were forced to witness the worst of humankind.
You gentlemen, deserved better.. And are still owed so much, by so many. Bless you all.
Story's like this is why I have mad respect for elderly people
not all elders were even in military
@@flowrepins6663 so?
@@flowrepins6663 And?
@@flowrepins6663 we forgot more than you have in your entire brain; have respect little whipper snapper.
I'm Sure that you will get to see it first hand!! SOON VERY SOON
As a OIF/OEF Veteran, when I hear these men describe seeing the bones lost it. Nightmares are always remembered so vividly. We all have our own nightmares.
Sir’s, thank you for telling your story.
This is a most authentic and amazing testimony, by these truly brave, albeit emotionally maimed, individuals. You can still see the raw emotions on their faces; a small measure of the ongoing impact of the singular experience that they had to bear alone. Their sacrifice went above and beyond the line of duty.
My Dad, John Roddy, also suffered from watching those tests. He was an artillery colonel, who had fought in two wars. Dad died young from an unusual blood disease, probably caused by the atomic blasts. Thanks for bringing this to light.
Just... wow.. Huge respect for filming these men’s stories. Light and radiation so heavy you can see through your arms and bloodvessels.
Not just a random video you casually watch
Just alot of bullshit
Mega oof
You can do that with a good flashlight.
@@foobarmaximus3506 yea with a good flashlight could you just several other men bodies in front of you? please shut up
And with your eyes closed. So through your eye lids.
Absolutely tragic. Beautifully made. Thank you.
This is one of the most gut-wrenching pieces of video interview I have ever witnessed. And to think, these men continued to live in & stand behind the very same country that committed these unspeakable acts against them. These poor men. I’ll tell you what, they don’t make em like this anymore, thats for sure
I would like to thank every Veteran for their service, and apologies to these service members who were put through such terrible circumstances. And thank you for making this video, it brings a realistic side to the true story.
Shocking to see what government officials are given the power to cause. My love to all these people.
Thank you for speaking out.
Yeah well we have known about this for years this isn’t really anything new
Bombed, sworn to secrecy, tested on and left for dead. I’m very sorry for these men. Shame on the people who made this happen. And thank you to the journalists who gave these men a voice.
My Grandpa did this and also reported being able to see the bones in his arms . Though he did not talk of being knocked over ...
I learned of this in school, got to see old footage of commanders far far behind a line of men, watching their bones show through their hands. I always thought to myself that these people were in awe of this device as the harbinger of death, all the while I was being taught the "awesome" power of the device that saved the world from war... I'm surprised more people don't know about this, it's horrific.
In the video you could see the x-ray effect?
OMG!
There are no words to describe how sorry I am for you men having to live and continue to live this nightmare, no one should have to and my heart breaks for you all!!!! I am glad that you all are getting the story out there to let others know, the world needs to know, but feel badly that you are reliving it, maybe in some way this may help you, I pray that it does!!!! Much love and respect to you all!!!
Utter rubbish ... they were in the Military ... a part of machinery that led to the Nuclear Testing in the Marshall Island that resulted in a deliberate contamination of the local people who were lied to time and again... many died and many lived with the horrible consequences of radioactive contamination and infection to the local people ...
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Never mind the devastation US Military left behind in Vietnam and Laos with the chemical Orange contaminations or with depleted uranium in Iraq and Afghanistan that caused radioactive poisoning to the local people that US Military left behind ...
I don't feel sorry at all .. and besides ... we said, thank you to their service already, haven't we ???? why are they being ungrateful for ... ???
so wait, one guy says they started the countdown at 59 and when it got to 9, he THEN decides to put his helmet on and the bomb goes off. old men stories are just that, STORIES. i once had an old man tell me he was at every game of joe dimaggios' hit streak. yeah whatever.
Are you f'ing kidding me bro?! ⬆
Show some respect for the countless men that joined the military to protect their nation and fulfil a sense of duty to protect YOU, only to be betrayed and put through testing in which a cow would have been just viable in the place of these poor men.
And these are just the smallest fraction of stories of the people that endured this nightmare, God bless these men and their amazing COURAGE to finally speak out anf d also of the ones that have passed before they got the chance.
And to too it off, they believed that they were doing a service to the public somehow, while unknowingly participating in the greatest threat humanity has ever seen as well as the planet. I bet you think the holocaust never happened as well? And global warming is a myth right? Go read a book for God's (and the planet and humanities) sake.
@@lexiforbes5983 I'm not fucking kidding you ... no body asked them to join Military to go fight in Iraq or Syria or Afghanistan or Grenada or Panama ... They volunteered for it because they want adventure ...
Don't be fucking to be pretending to be Fighting for me Dickhead ..
@@lexiforbes5983 They pay the price for killing and contaminating innocent people with those Nuclear testing and for using local population as a Nuclear guinea pigs ...
One mile from ground zero? What the hell?! These poor men , and those who unfortunately passed because of it.
Man i can't even begin to imagine what these poor men went through. Thank you to all of the brave and courageous men and women who laid their lives on the line for us. I can never begin to thank you enough for your service. God bless you all.
And they are still at it: Still justifying these weapons. SICK
you really think there was any other way to go after ww2? mutually assured destruction is what saved us all.
@@nopopolasturber the thumbs up at my post speaks for itself, but yes, there was another way to go. The discussion is pointless though since none of us is able to prove our position on th issue
Troels Brøgger the weapons are sick, and politicians realizing this is the reason there hasn’t been a huge war since ww2
@@troelsbrgger3179 Hey, just to let you know, "thumbs up" on a post does not credit or discredit it.....
the thumbs up speaks for itself lmfao wtf
The look on the faces of those great men says it all to me.... OMG
Truly sorry guys for what you've gone thru. But thank you for your service, 100%.
This should be shown to the whole world. These brave men who have suffered these 50 plus years. My heart goes out to you all. Absolutely terrible. I feel for you all and the intense trauma you are still going through. Prayers for you all
Thank you for sharing this incredibly important story. And Thank You Morgan Knibbe for seeking this story out. This is important.
@Shawn Clarkson why are these lies? These are the stories of real people. What knowledge do you have that I don't?
There are no words to describe how I feel to hear what these men have gone through and continue to live with the nightmares that they do. They have made me cry. No more wars should be fought on behalf of another country. I'm glad that they are speaking out with the truth! God bless them!
There were several movies and documentaries that I had seen before seeing Oppenheimer:
This, Barefoot Gen, Vice's "What A Nuclear Bomb Feels Like", Pica Don, and White Light, Black Rain. When I saw Oppenheimer, I immediately had chills and held my breath when the bomb exploded because I already knew the damage these weapons do to humans.
Definition of a super predator.
REAL power, is held by those who control BOTH the information and individuals that understand it.
yeah because an enligthened being is very easily threatened and doesnt have reprecussions FAR WORSE than this set to destroy the families of wannabedictator hoes trying to kill my family in the tragic event of my death
ur not white yet
Probably one of the most important videos I've ever watched. These men are so brave for sharing these intensely traumatic and difficult stories. Let's hope it was not in vain.
A warning to all.
We need to come back to our senses.""
most definitely were all brainwashed its so sad seeing upcoming generations so distracted.
Peter Staykov - We never had any sense to begin with. Since the dawn of humanity itself we kill, murder and slaughter each other like pests. Sometimes it's to protect our land or to take it from another. Historically speaking death by execution was once considered an outing, akin to bringing your family to see a movie at the cinemas! Humans have no sense, we have no "Humanity" so to speak.
delete social media, delete google chrome, delete google account. install TOR browser
My Grandpa served in Vietnam. He was around agent orange/worked with it during his service. He ended up getting horrible cancer/issues later in life far surpassing simple cigarette smoking. He died from his cancer earlier than he would have without it. The government denied a vet who was proud of his service any compensation or recognition! If your doing something that makes your soldiers sick the least you can do is acknowledge their issues and help them.
Operation Dominic, 1962, Johnson Atoll. Ships company and our Marine squadron participated in 36 atmospheric detonations. I’m 78 now, battled heart disease for past 22 years. No way of knowing if my illness was from the exposure, but have a wonderful family and life. Simper Fi folks….
Thank you for your service Mr. Fielder! Semper Fi.
In addition to these men's words and memories, the ambient soundtrack of this production is downright chilling.
I'm so very sorry, gentlemen. I am in awe of your bravery in speaking out. Bless.
I learned in my father’s last days, of this happening to him...I’ve been sick from day one, and betting this is part of the cause...not even my mother, had been told, due to threats from the service...Daddy he told me, he was at Red Rock Desert #5....(or Desert Red Rock #5)....haven’t dug in that far, yet....thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, I’ve been learning exactly what he was exposed to and went thru...these are brave men...Add a Nalpalm Box, that was strapped to daddy’s back..he was a Flame Thrower, I learned eventually....I’m sure, this ALL, has affected my DNA...
GOD Bless these 400,000 heroic Marines, may they live out the rest of their days, knowing, it’s FINALLY coming out...Semper Fi...! Rest In Peace for the ones who never got to tell their stories. 🙏🏼
This is sad but I'm glad someone was brave enough to give these men a voice.
''Now I am become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds.''
After these testimonies, I finally understand the apocalyptic proportions of the mistakes we've made.
14,000 men?!?! The government needs to compensate these men. The VA needs to get them whatever they need. I have the highest respect for our Military, but there needs to care for men like these when they experience these horrors. Just like there needs to be care for the Troops coming home from war. These men need to be treated like war heroes, just like the men and women that serve overseas. Our Vets deserve the best care possible.
But unfortunately, we will never git the kind of care we deserve & we should git all the care possible to us
VA has been a joke for a long time
Your absolutely right. It's sad to see how our vets are not treated fairly. How many are left on the streets left for dead. It makes me sick. There are people out here that have been abusing the system for years not working not paying taxes that live way better. Its cruel.
Pfff easy vote trump 2020, anything else... they could give a shit 🤣😂
foley15136 my Dad needs/ed hearing aids. He witnessed 6 of these test. Since it was top secret, it was not on his discharge paper. We went to the VA, spent all day going from office to office. When we went to the last office the Agent Orange vets, the personnel behind the counter said, “there is no such thing as Atomic Veterans.” My Dad is a gentle person. But, after walking around all day, being pushed aside, he lost it. He didn’t raise his voice or cuss, he said “How dare you accuse me of lying.” We left and notified our local rep. He did nothing.
PS He never did get the hearing aids, the law was changed in the early 2000’s if you earn more than a certain amount, you are not eligible to get hearing aids.
This was fascinating and haunting. I feel terrible for those men, but we are privileged to hear their experiences today.
My grandfather died because his company was sent in to look at the devastation that was caused from the first necular bomb the US dropped. He made it through the whole Pacific war and he died from necular radiation
Imagine the horror people went through in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Using an atomic bomb, under ANY circumstances, is a crime against humanity.
Can't fathom it. And can't fathom defending such actions.
That bomb saved millions of lives and Im not talking about ww2. I’m talking ww3, 4 and most likely 5 by now without the fear of it.
If we only had such virtuous / wonderful people like you in charge everything would be perfect. Lol if in charge I’m sure you would have sent a million plus American kids to jump from Island to island and then invade japan. I’m sure if your family member was going you would have been great with it. Most People talk like you until they’re the ones having to make the f’d up either way decision.
@@kevinodom2918 it's my understanding that Imperial Japan was sending sending peace overtures ie. attempting to surrender but the US was not willing to negotiate. They wanted unconditional surrender.
@@jasonbednar3597 plus they wanted to be in a position of strength to negotiate the spoils of war!
It’s not if the Geneva convention allows it
And I hope I spelled Geneva convention right
they need to show this to everyone in congress, especially those ratcheting up war with the other super powers.
As heartless creatures that they become while in office I doubt it will affect them
They don't give a fuckkkkkkkkk. The US was involved in experimenting on people arround the world and it's own citizens. The US is another puppet of someone better organised and long living, go figure.
why? so they could have a good laugh?
Why do they need to be shown it? they know exactly what war means
The Congress doesn't serve in the trenches so this would have zero effect on them, might get slack but Trump seemed to be the only one interested in preserving human life by not attacking over an unmanned drone
I had an uncle that I never got to meet. Uncle Rene was a Naval Officer on one of those boats exposed to the bomb. He was dying and our family drove from California to Louisiana so my mom could see him in the hospital. They-gov told his wife to take him home to die. We kids were not allowed to go to the hospital. One of my mom’s sisters took him to Lourdes/ France..he was not cured, but was no longer was in pain. I grew up having drop drills from first grade to 5th grade. The kids today don’t know squat of what will happen if the war in the Ukraine goes “hot”. Pass the stories down, it’s more important than you think. My prayers for you and your families.
I was a soldier for 14 years and my heart really goes out to these fellow soldiers
I find it absolutely amazing that people in the comment section are just finding out that the government lies to them. Wow that's mind-blowing.
Better that they learn, then.
That's why films like this one are so important.
Most people here are teenagers, Charlie. I recommended you use something that fits your generation.
i was in the navy in the 80's,,, i KNOW damn well that the military, and the Government lies, i can tell you shit you wouldnt believe
@@johnjablonski553 please tell me
Scientific testing by armed forces on human subjects.
Wasn't that addressed at Nuremburg?
lol you mean where numerous nazi and japanese scientists were given a free pass in exchange for the information they gathered through human experimentation?
sure
w0ke
Exactly. Publicly they'll condemn everything, but behind closed doors they clamor to the rights of the fruits of such research
Thousands of scientist we welcomed in gave them citizenship and let them Garner wealth and power to sway our military science and politics to be more like the Reich. But nobody sees this shit but me. The scientist in the end have won the war in the long run by instituting norms that have crippled our country's economic wealth divide to let the 1% rule over the underclass of peasants. Bo one will ever read this and it wont make a difference. :/
@@LucidLucifer901 Operation Paperclip.....where Nazi NASA was spawned from.
@@LucidLucifer901 all kinds of nonsense combined together .
I side with these Elder, and Veteran, Gentlemen, more than I've ever defended and supported anyone. THANK YOU ENDLSSLY FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!
The utter frustration and crushing hopeless abjection impressed on these men is worse than anything else that could have been done.
Just apauling.
This is so sad but also do astounding. I don't know how to feel about it.
Astoundingly sad
go over to the atom central channel and watch the army propaganda vid of a chaplain calming down troops who are about to go through this. it might have been some of these guys. he fucking LIES to them. "oh it's just a loud noise and a bright light. i been through a lot these. nothing to it"
you'll know how to feel
@ Do you know the title of the video? I went to the channel, but there were lots of videos. None seemed like an obvious match from the title or thumbnail, but I could have missed it. Thanks!
God Bless these men who have lived to tell this story. My heart aches for them.
god definitely has zero to do with this,why add to the pain by fantasizing.if there was a "god" that created everything,he/she would've grabbed these bombs out of the air and sent them into never-neverland or snapped his/her fingers and turned them into daisies.the religious idiots always seem to have an answer"pretend more,it will be better if you pretend"
This is heart breaking. That they couldn't even seek treatment or talk about what they experienced until 1994 is just inhumane.
I watched this when it was first released and I've been thinking about it ever since. The testing was over 60 years ago now, I wonder how many of these men are still alive. I hope that they were able to get some help for their trauma because the government surely didn't do anything for them.
Thank you, gentlemen, for your service and sacrifice, from an Army veteran widow! God bless you and your families!
This documentary is incredible. Good job to those that put this together.
It was indeed, l was just stunned into silence. The looks on their faces, eye's that have seen something, they should never have witnessed. l will not forget them, and l do give a damn. To hear their words, it was simply chilling. l am not even an American, and as l type this, l have goose bumps. That's how much these Soldier's effected me. l could also feel, the abandonment they are feeling. l will never forget this.
The Sorrentos Moon I am American and this really has had an effect on what “being an American” even means to me. This also will stay with me forever. This information needs to be mainstream. Children need to learn this in school. This bullshit should not remain hidden to us. The people need to know the truth.
I met a cansdian soldier who was there.
He died of cancer about 1972.
His disability claim of injured in service was denied. Thanjs for sharing.
Yoo much secrevy covering crimminals
In tears for the entire video. Stays with you.
Who so ever set the wheels in motion on this experiment, probably knows they have a first class ticket to hell.
“If it was done for science... and the availability to the rest of the human race to know that we don’t need it.. I think you would agree with me, whoever is listening to this”
I agree with you, I hear you, and I thank you for sharing your story. These men deserve to be heard.
This line got me. That was the point my eyes got wet.
Ditto.
As a Marshallese I want to say thank you for y’all Service! I got Mad respect for each and everyone of these Veterans.
My grandpa Don passed away from cancer, he was an atomic veteran 😢❤