They should show this documentary to everyone in schools across America, the same way that the Germans are taught about their nations wrong doings during WW2

@muhamedjones122

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah exactly we was never taught this in school. There's alot of unnecessary History topics they was teaching us in school.

@beautifullove2394

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but America wants to sweep all its wrongdoings under the rug. These men are still suffering from that experience. If they had kids after recieving the whole body radiation it can pass on to their kids genetically affecting them. I'm pretty sure many people died, we are watching the survivors.

@jaheira107

3 жыл бұрын

I'm German and I could not agree more.

@Petey0707

3 жыл бұрын

the irony is that post-WW2 tons of Nazis occupied all levels of government and became teachers, policemen, wardens, the list goes on. denazification was an absolute joke and operation paperclip granted mass murderers amnesty and cushy lifestyles both in the USA and Germany.

@kuvyx9560

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahah. This is America. That’ll never happen.

My Dad was an atomic vet. When he came down with lung cancer, he told his oncologist about being told to get out of the trench and walk toward the mushroom cloud, and how he tasted metal and threw up. When Dad tried to get his records to show his doc, in case there was something there to help guide his treatment, the time period from when he saw a shot, the time he spent on the project, etc., were gone, except for letters of commendation. No way to know how much he was exposed to. And he told me, “It’s like Agent Orange, you’ll find out about what they did to us after we’re all gone.” My heart breaks for these vets and their families.

@harmoni4499

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry about your dad. There's no word can ease his mental & physical pain he suffered..Don't let the goverment get away from this... it's wrong on many levels.

@sigsin1

Жыл бұрын

@@harmoni4499 Yup, but when you sign up, you sign your life away. You have to pledge that you will do whatever it takes to defend the US. My dad (Army) got pancreatic cancer and died shortly after the diagnosis.

@pinpro7261

Жыл бұрын

@@sigsin1 Prior to 1973, young men did not volunteer to join the military...they were drafted. Furthermore, they did not "sign up" for these activities but were following orders.

@The_ZeroLine

Жыл бұрын

My dad got a lung cancer but the cancer was located in his liver. He went from healthy to a walking skeleton in four months. Then dead. Small cell adenocarcinoma. It was horrible. Made me start eating painkillers like candy to dull the emotions.

@sixmercer2504

Жыл бұрын

My dad had almost the same issue with agent orange. They turned their backs on him when he got sick and gave him the run around until he died. I helped him with all of his disability claims and appeals. It was a nightmare. Between doctor appointments, legal stuff and requirements for disability (paperwork, appointments, everything) I was having to take him to and from the VA almost every day of the work week, and that always took the whole day. They want you to give up or die. My dad died. He was stationed in the area that was the mist heavily sprayed place. He said he never could understand how such a heavy duty "plant killer" wouldn't cause problems for the men. They were being drenched in it. Drinking the ground water and bathing in contaminated water. I'm so sorry about your dad. They ended up starving my dad to death after he had become to hard for me to care for at home by myself (he would become violent from dementia, he also had Parkinson's). No place would take him except the VA who even had the nerve to throw him out 3 times. They don't care about our vets. I don't know how any one of them sleeps at night.

The first man that starts to speak is my grandfather Charlie. This is the first time I’m seeing this and I just wanted to say THANK YOU for letting him and all these soldiers tell their story in a way they were never able to. I have heard maybe one small story over the years, but never to this extent.

@katizz988

Ай бұрын

I'm so sorry. I hope that you're close to your Grandfather Charlie. I certainly feel so bad that he suffered such a crime from the U S A Government. Thank him for telling his story❤❤❤❤

There faces tell the whole story and how the military treats the people who give there life to volunteer to become test subjects

@Boutneus12

5 жыл бұрын

‘Volunteer ‘ is a big word, they were just put there by military suits and told some BS story

@mymomwhoopsyourmom

5 жыл бұрын

@@Boutneus12 volunteered to serve their country. Is what I mean by volunteer

@poetflows

5 жыл бұрын

@@mymomwhoopsyourmom Yes, understand you. Thank you...✌🏼

@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un

5 жыл бұрын

European militaries tell you exactly what you're getting yourself into so you can decide if you want to live with it for the rest of your life or not. You're also guaranteed compensation. US of A prefers to tell them total lies about whats happening until it's too late, there's no laws against it, no compensation, nothing.

@777sillydog

5 жыл бұрын

Michael MyersThey found out that they were just considered cannon fodder the hard way.

My dad was an Atomic Veteran. He died at the age of 43 12/26/84. He told us of how they were allowed and encouraged to swim in lagoons that had been contaminated from previous atomic bombs. My dad was used as a guinea pig also. What is untold is how these atomic bombs changed these men's genetic make up and when they had children like myself, we are experiencing bones deterioration, thyroid issues and even infertility/sterile. I along with my two brothers have deteriorating spines. I have a dead thyroid. The worst was watching my dad live his short life in misery. My dad told us of being told to cover their eyes. He spoke of doing so and feeling as if he had no eyelids, that he could see clean through his arms and see veins and bones. Shame on the Navy!

@Alextillom

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have sources for this? What was his name

@maqkathy

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alextillom it was my dad. I would have him talk to you but he is dead. As are all of the others that were in his brigade. Want to talk about strange, I have constant growth of bone growth in odd places, IE shoulders feet and fingers. Have to have it removed over and over. There is no medical explanation.

@maqkathy

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alextillom I have a newspaper clipping with my dad. If you have a way I would send you the clipping picture.

@Kinobambino

Жыл бұрын

That's so so sad. I'm sorry your dad and your family had to pay for those sick people.

@Kinobambino

Жыл бұрын

​@@maqkathy are your bones more dense

My father was one of the military guinea pigs. It has affected him in various ways but he has had a long life, still kicking at ninety. This was an utterly irresponsible act on the part of the military and government, the sort of thing they would accuse Russia or North Korea of.

@amberslahlize7961

3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was one of them, later on his death bed it was revealed that he had the radioative type of cancer. My grandfather was always reserved so I never got to see the fear in his eyes, I like to think his faith in God and seeing his grandchildren helped him to look forward.

@Kinobambino

2 жыл бұрын

Does he talk about it often?

@Kinobambino

2 жыл бұрын

@@amberslahlize7961 I'm so sorry about your grandfather

@shitbrainratface4748

2 жыл бұрын

The more you research about the US government and how they treat their soilders - and then teach their citizens to thank those soilders for induring that trauma, seeing them as heros rather than victims, the more you realize just how similar they are to their own depictions of North Korea & Russia

@rndmusr-pf5fd

Жыл бұрын

@@shitbrainratface4748 underrated comment.

Seeing grown men tear up at the mere thought of what they went through that day is something else. Even though it has been over 60 years since it happened, they still have trouble talking about it. This is beyond insanity.

🤬🤬🤬! Those vets Deserve compensation and top of the line Medical Care!! I did not know about this. I only knew about how Vietnam Veterans were affected by Agent Orange! So wrong on so many levels!

@777sillydog

5 жыл бұрын

J A there is at least one older documentary on the Cold War where you can see footage of men in trenches holding pigs in front of them. I believe that group was told that the pigs were the ones being experimented on.

@ne1124

5 жыл бұрын

777sillydog Thank you for your reply. Hearing these brave men’s accounts of their experiences, it just makes me angry that the US Government doesn’t give a flip about our vets lives. What is worse, they aren’t receiving monetary compensation or specialized medical care for their health problems. This documentary just makes me terribly angry.

@777sillydog

5 жыл бұрын

I think the old documentary is called Atomic Cafe and I agree with you.

@horseblinderson4747

3 жыл бұрын

These cats are already dead. This is decades old and no one knows about it.

@OkiePeg411

3 жыл бұрын

Also read about the military's syphilis experiments on black soldiers!!! And also agent orange. Its disgusting how the military/government has not treated our service men and women as human beings....they see them as conscripted lab rats!!!

This makes me weep. These patriotic & trusting men were tortured physically & emotionally by our own government & they continue to suffer. It's outrageous & heartbreaking.

@-danR

2 жыл бұрын

"I'd never seen clothes like that before." I had been assuming he was seeing specialists in some kind of loose hazmat protection suits. It would never have occurred to me that the _American_ government would put soldiers so close to an atomic blast that they may as well have been Hiroshima victims with their skin coming off their flesh. This day, 2022, is the first I heard of this, and I've known of the experimentation for decades. We've all see those photos and video clips of soldiers in trenches, etc. Apparently photojournalists and military photographers were never allowed near the soldiers who were arranged like human guinea pigs. Freaking _homicide._

@edwiniskandarjsihotang8122

2 жыл бұрын

They are the real patriotic Hero...

@charleswest6372

Жыл бұрын

I was exposed to bioweapons at Dugway UT 2002 w 80 other N guard soldiers. Many have cancer as I hv. The VA denied us benefits too. US government stinks to high heavens.

@charleswest6372

4 ай бұрын

Uncle Sam Stinks

I picked up on the fact that two guys had gone missing and that someone else had seen two people supposedly walking with their skin dangling/melting off of them. I get the feeling the two people are the same two people and that's honestly so disturbing. All of this is so disturbing

@Kinobambino

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Horrible

It takes courage to speak out, even after many years. Thank you for sharing your stories.

@charleswest6372

Жыл бұрын

Never fear speaking out. U might save thousands of lives from it. Screw uncle sam-!

The pain of these men faces really hurts me😢 I’m so sorry you all went through all that.

Big eye opener. Thank youse for sharing your stories. Don't stop fighting for your compensation

Wow, I don't think I've heard a more detailed description of what it was like to go through this. Scary.

@charleswest6372

4 ай бұрын

Stay out of the military 😢

We hear you.

These men were employed by the government, witnessing the most destructive and powerful human invention ever created. Traumatized, shocked, and bewildered after 70+ years! They all sit here in front of a camera to tell us their accounts of what they had seen and realize the horrendous consequences involved with these super-weapons. That to me is undeniably Honorable!

Jesus. I was in tears at the end of this, feeling for these men. How they'd trusted their government to do what's best for them and their nation, and how their government treated them like expendable test subjects instead, to recompense them in such a way for the front line effort and suffering they'd already given. If this is not a cause for revolution, I don't know what is. My heart goes out to these poor people.

It's crazy how these people still couldn't get over it. They're still traumatized after all these years.

I'm 68 years old and recently I had the same cancer that the vet had. Squanoma cancer. I am a vet. They cut it out of my side, right at the belt line. It was long, about 3 fingers wide and deep, the nurse.that witnessed to operation, told me this. I am a veteran from the early 70's

@notachildim84you63

2 жыл бұрын

Probly agent orange or this either way it’s not ok to experiment with humans

@alexandrerossatoneto588

11 ай бұрын

wow hope your ok

Veterans, thank you for your service and thank you for telling your story. We fellow Americans care about you.

@worththewatch1517

5 жыл бұрын

service? lol

@scj3188

5 жыл бұрын

sure don't show it.

@user-bl4oq7fd8d

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently not enough to vote politicians into power that actually care...

you can see on their faces, these men dont cry easily, and to see them hold back tears just from a memory gives you a little hint how brutal that experience must have been.

As a veteran who was in the cold war YOU MEN ARE HEROS! NEVER BE SILENT!

@itsmeyourbrother3758

3 жыл бұрын

I was a Naval sonar technician I watched the NUKE MISSILE subs all over the globe from the surface...I handled torpedoes, rocket thrown , and over the side as well as harpoon missiles and DEPTH CHARGES that were VERY POTENT.... Stay away from the ground ZERO spots on EARTH...let the SUN clean it up a few billion years...Talk PEACE for earths children...THEY DESERVE IT! No matter where on earth they walk!

People just want to live, nobody wants to be fighting and killing each other.

@MrDavidBFoster

5 жыл бұрын

They could'a fooled me, what with all the Trump rallies..

@Haddley333

Жыл бұрын

@@MrDavidBFoster we’re closer to Nuke war now with Biden

He fought the 2nd world war from Tunisia through Sicily, Italy, and France, then the gov't put Pattons army in trenches at a bomb tests to see what would happen. He survived for more than 35 years and lived every day to the fullest

I am so deeply sorry. Thank you for your bravery! I’m hurting for you. You deserve so much more.

Seeing your life flash before your eyes is an understatement here

@niradatersib4634

5 жыл бұрын

Majikalnight no pun intended i hope

"If you could just see the colors--" never sounded so creepy/disturbing....

The U.S. armed forces are utterly incredible in their disdain for ethics.

Yup kneeling peacefully during the anthem is disrespectful but nuking vets naw man that's patriotic. What a joke and hypocritical.

@daithiocinnsealach3173

5 жыл бұрын

Who says nuking vets is patriotic?

@ActionAlligator

5 жыл бұрын

Desperate bait

@arbitraryalias9825

5 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Kintigh You should see a psychiatrist

@Super-qr7wm

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Kintigh are you joking ? If america was dead the world would live .

@Tmoua

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Kintigh you are stupid veterans agree to kneeling.

This is the very, very dark side of the American obsession with world military dominance. Then there are Hiroshima and Nagasaki... It is very hard to be proud of a country with such cavalier disregard for human life.

@ActionAlligator

5 жыл бұрын

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were after Japan refused to surrender, even after warned, like twice. It was either that, or spend lots of time and lots and lots of lives (on both sides) island hopping like we were. The results were horrifying of course, but it wasn't indefensible. And, be aware that this is the news; they have an incentive to tell you the worst, most shocking things. Most of the time, our country is not disregarding human life, so don't lose perspective =)

@MrDavidBFoster

5 жыл бұрын

How else were we supposed to achieve total global hegemony? If it wasn't for those _Damned Rosenbergs..._

@MrDavidBFoster

5 жыл бұрын

@@ActionAlligator We'd have dropped it on Alabama, if that's what it took to show the world who's boss!

@ActionAlligator

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrDavidBFoster I can't tell how much of you is joking and how much of you is teasing to make a point. The only reason we dropped those bombs was to put an _end_ to the war with Japan. The "message to the world" about our new capabilities was something that also happened to be in our interest. We had a whole lot of other opportunities to drop bombs if dominance and show were really what we valued.

@MrDavidBFoster

5 жыл бұрын

@@ActionAlligator Not a single word of that was spoken in jest.

I was a teenager in the 60’s and never heard a word that anything like this took place. My heart breaks for these men who were duped because they were in the military. Shame on our government and the military but the final insult is their medical issues are not paid.😢

I feel traumatized just by hearing and listening to these Men. So sorry that you people have to go through this!!!

My father died in 1996 and died from radiation poisoning and cancer from Bikini Atoll my mother finally started receiving her survivor benefits in 2016. 1850.00 a month and champ va insurance. Small price for my fathers life

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS. Take a good look, people. Grown men in tears over what they experienced all these years later …….it was that terrible.

I feel like The New York Times KZread channel is my little secret. Great videos, but no body watches them hardly.

@RoastCDuck

5 жыл бұрын

KZread is hiding it from the masses so they dont go pidgeoning around.

@sideshowbob6416

4 жыл бұрын

34000+ watched this one that's hardly nobody

@Arman...

4 жыл бұрын

@@sideshowbob6416 go look at a Cardi B video compare the numbers 40k is NOTHING to 40M get real

@mr.mysteriousyt6118

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoastCDuck yep KZread is ghosting controversial videos and channels

@RoastCDuck

3 жыл бұрын

@Ssargrettal Nosaj Just a theory, People are propense to drama, so the platforms hide certain videos to those people to make life easy for everyone. In reality it is possible that most internauts just prefer trendy stuff cause popularity and reddit humour memes and thus this videos are not watched too much, better for us, you and everyone who watches this videos.

As soon as he started talking about the two men walking I knew where the story was going and it must be the most horrible thing to know he saw those men probably melting to death

My heart goes out to all of those men.

I feel for these brave veterans. This video needs to be shared with everyone you know. Especially those who think our governmental officials are here to protect them. The government(s) of the world have performed atrocities against humanity in the past, and they are performing atrocities to this very day. Looking at past behavior, we can only assume they will be committing atrocities against “We the Peasants” in the future.

@Firefox13A

2 жыл бұрын

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

These poor, poor men. You can see the trauma in their faces. Governments are absolutely disgusting.

everytime i hear about soldiers crying for their mothers always makes me well up myself

Thank you for sharing your stories. This video is and should remain an important document of a terrible history that should hopefully never repeat itself. I hope this sticks within history and that it will never be forgotten.

Thanks for making this, I wish everyone would watch it

Half way thru i couldnt watch no more but out of respect for these men the least i can do is hear them out they definitely deserve to be heard god bless them and thank you guys for everything and im so so sorry you guys had to go thru that

Thank you New York Times for bringing these men’s stories to us.

Thanks for showing this

These are the real people deserving of repirations

10:00 into video The soldier mentioned seeing men with "padded clothes". Clearly this is a multi purpose test with 2 groups of soldiers. One group has on padded clothes the other doesn't. The soldiers without the padded clothes were expendable in the eyes of the military.

@smeekle2000

2 жыл бұрын

Time and time again- it is the law abiding citizens who suffer from the willful deceit of government.

tragically beautiful and heartrending recounting by brave and important men

These men witnessed first hand the immense destructive power of the atomic bomb and even though they’re soldiers sworn to defend their country they know in their souls that the world is better off without nuclear weapons. The atomic bomb was the result of fear. Why then would we create such a horrific weapon to make ourselves feel safer?

@poetflows

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@lunapetunia3778

3 жыл бұрын

Thermonuclear bomb* not atomic bomb. What these men witnessed were much larger than atomic bombs. But nonetheless, your point gets across and i agree

If the US government cannot even pay enough and in time the WW 2 veterans, how much more the more recent veterans?

This makes me so angry, these men gave their lives and they cant even get the govt to acknowledge them and what they did to them...it hurts my soul.

This story is incredible!

Severely underrated video

beautiful editing and cinematography.

Thank all this veterans for sharing. This is really powerfull.

I feel so horrible for what you guys went through and continued to.

2.3 Million subs on this channel and this vid only has 1.6k likes almost a year after posting. Feels wrong.

@bjbetti

4 жыл бұрын

666tReaper but the Cardi b video has millions 🤦🏾‍♀️😂

@horseblinderson4747

3 жыл бұрын

You're here because you searched out out.

This is insane

They are heroes forever.

@wardellstephens1994

4 жыл бұрын

We sent to BIKINI ATOLL for a series of ATOMIC bomb tests We know the dangers of RADIATION. Why wont Congress compensate the men & women they didn't mind useing as Guinea pigs. Why dont our Government be as fair with our military As our military is so fair and dedicated to this great country ?????????

No matter how much wrong these men did before their service. They were punished.Even if they didn’t deserve it. There will be a special place in the eyes of God for the Atomic Soldiers. Never stop fighting for your compensation and rights. Thank you for your service.

My heart goes out to these Hero's!

My husband is a Enewetak Atoll Atomic Cleanup Vet, This Joint Task Force were sent to the Marshall Islands to clean up after over 43 Nuclear Weapons. These men had no protective gear or anything. They picked up chunks of plutonium with there bare hand. They scrapped the top soil off of some of the islands. The radioactive and contaminated debris was dumped in the Runit Dome. Search "The Dome" on KZread.

Heart breaking

This shouldn't ever never happened to our veterans or any other human being! Just listening made me shivering inside & out. Please stay safe & healthy!

With Oppenheimer coming out I can't help but think of these men. How that one man said he can't see the bomb. And here we are all rushing to see Hollywood recreate the bomb on the big screen.

Everyone needs to watch this video.

Thank you for this information it has a place in history.

I can’t imagine what these men must have experienced. Through their words I imagined what they were describing. As the images came alive in my head I cringed at what I saw.

Thank you for your service

I will never forget you

This video needs more views!!!!

i hear you dude

I swear they probably assumed they'd create super soldiers but turns out it tore apart flesh.

Where are these veterans now? Are they okay? The pain and fear in their eyes makes me sad, and it makes me sick that they were forced into silence, they struggled for years, decades even, with this secret

Deeply profound

From IRELAND WITH LOVE TO THOSE BRAVE MEN !!I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THEY WILL FIND SOME PEACE ✌️ FROM THIS NUCLEAR ☢️ NIGHTMARES GOD SAVE THEM AND PROTECT THEIR LOVED ONES ..... FROM WEXFORD IN REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 🇮🇪

Praying for all.

Goosebumps

I experienced nuclear testing personally! I was a Marine aboard the USS Princeton LPH-5 in 1962. Part of Operation Dominic at Johnston Atoll....Nightmares still haunt me!

honestly guys, i have no words.

The X-ray... The X-ray... amazing @4.05

These are trained soldiers and they were exposed to an essentially ancient, low-yield version of what we are armed with today. It is impossible to comprehend the scale and depth of widespread suffering that a true nuclear exchange would cause. It's like a supernatural power from heaven that destroys or drives mad all it touches; it would probably be the most influential event in human history, at least for the short time we would exist after the event.

*I'M SO SORRY THIS HAPPENED TO ALL OF YOU!! I WISH YOU COULD SUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT'S NOT FAIR!! WHERE DID THEY DO THIS?*

@NikonFM2n

5 жыл бұрын

New Mexico, White Sands nuclear test range

I was informed about these tests and the results it had on the military personal several years ago while in college,, but I never saw the affects it had on the men that were present during these tests. I see it clearly now.

This was hard to watch...real heroes right here

heartbreaking.

Billions have been paid in compensation, where is there share???

This applies to many thousands of civilians as well. The federal government exposed possibly hundreds of thousands of residents of Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico to life-altering levels of radioactive fallout from these tests. The atomic downwinders spent years fighting Congress, the DOJ, Department of Energy, and DOD to get recognition and some sort of financial compensation for their illnesses. There are still large clusters of downwinders in Nevada and Utah that are either without full compensation, or are completely unrecognized. Additionally, much of the uranium was mined in the Four Corners region in the Southwest which is all reservation land. The Navajo, Ute, Hopi, and other federally recognized tribes had their lands poisoned by uranium mining and have largely been ignored. To say this is shameful is a radical understatement; this was almost malicious in its impact on communities and servicemen like these.

imagine what the people in nagasaki and hiroshima felt

Can’t believe this only has 100k views

Surprised this hasn't got a million views

@MrDavidBFoster

5 жыл бұрын

Why? Nobody wants to know this, ESPECIALLY the people in charge!

@guthixisdead

3 жыл бұрын

This is just outrageous !!!!’

Horrendous!!! This needs to be common knowledge

The sadness and coldness in their stare

My grandfather's legs were all messed up from being a guinea pig

Feel so bad for these guys

So heartbreaking to watch

I met an atomic vet who was off the islands he had cancer twice

I am so sorry

6:18 thousand yard stare..

This is very sad. I hope nothing happened to them for speaking out.