How the U. S. Government Used Veterans as Atomic Guinea Pigs, Op Docs

This weeks OpDoc is The Atomic Soldiers, Morgan Knibbes haunting oral history of the United States nuclear weapons testing program in the 1950s and 60s. As many as 400, 000 American servicemen took part in those tests experiencing nuclear blasts at close range and the nightmarish story told by the veterans in Knibbes film shows how the experience has marked them for life. More from The New York Times Video: Subscribe: Watch all of our videos here: F