Norman Jeffery Baker, 2016

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

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Downwinders interview conducted at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, November 2, 2016: Interviewee Norman Jeffery Baker: transcript

Scope and Contents

Norman Jeffrey Baker’s family is from southern Utah and Nevada, near the Nevada Test Site. Baker’s grandparents lived on a ranch in Lund, Nevada, where the witnessed several nuclear tests. For several years, Baker’s grandfather worked as a security guard at the Nevada Test Site. He witnessed several tests there, including one in which an atomic bomb was placed inside a mountain, and one in which a bridge was exploded. Baker’s father remembers representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission frequently visiting Dixie College to collect and replace radiation badges. His mother and his sister both died of cancer, which he believes was caused by exposure to nuclear fallout from the Nevada Test Site.
Interviewed by Anthony Sams.

Dates

Creation: 2016

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