These Atomic Bomb Tests Used U.S. Troops as Guinea Pigs
From:Filming the Bomb
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Operation Desert Rock was the codename for a series of military tests in the 1950s aimed at understanding the effects of atomic radiation on ground troops. In total, over 50,000 U.S. soldiers were exposed to 69 radioactive blasts.