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Campbell, Robert Martin, Jr., 1930-
Robert "Doc" Martic Campbell Jr. was morn on May 24, 1930 in San Diego, California. Robert married Jeanne C. on June 25, 1957 and they had two children: Robert M. Campbell and Richard M. Campbell.
Campbell obtain his GED and has an extensive military background.
Campbell was affiliated with the Nevada Test Site as he was attached to the BuMedUnitOne as a junior hospitalman for the United States Navy in the Bio Medical Unit.
Person
Peluaga, Hank (Henry Aloy)
Henry Eloy Peluaga was born on November 21, 1927, in Eureka, Nevada. Henry married Lola on July 16, 1950, and they had three children: Henry, Steven, and Sherry.
Peluaga was enlisted in the United States Air Force.
Peluaga was a shifter walking boss miner in affiliation with the Nevada Test Site. Peluaga had previously been employed as a sheepherder, truck driver, cowboy, bartender, and race car driver.
Person
Campbell, John (John Frederick), 1943-
John Frederick Campbell was born on July 1, 1943 in La Jolla, California. Campbell has four children: Brandi, Kimberly, Johnna, and Keawe'.
Campbell was an engineer and mining superintendent for Reynolds Electric and Engineering Company (REECo) and as a government employee at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) for a combined 27 years. He was involved in the planning and construction of many tunnels that were used for atomic testing.
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Whitley, Lewis H.
Lewis Whitley was born in Washington, Texas, but moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1946 to live with his grandfather. He met his wife June at the First Baptist Church in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and they married in 1955. They moved to a home in Las Vegas in 1958. He worked as a cook at the Nevada Test Site and was a a fire hydrant inspector for the Clark County Fire Department until his retirement in 2007.
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Mercury, the main base camp at the NTS: photographic print and photographic negative, approximately 1945 to 1982
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-031
Archival Component
Signal cables laid out at a test location on Yucca Flats, the principal underground nuclear weapons testing area at the NTS: photographic print, approximately 1945 to 1982
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Final test preparations at the NTS: photographic print and photographic negative, approximately 1945 to 1982
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-031
Archival Component
Nuclear explosive and diagnostic canister for a test named "Handley" being lowered down at the Pahute Mesa in the northwestern corner of the NTS: photographic print, 1970 March
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Operation Teapot, the "Met" shot, a tower burst: photographic print and photographic negative, 1955 April 15
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-031
Archival Component
George Test of the Greenhouse series, a weapons-related test conducted from a tower on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands: photographic print, 1951 May 08
Archival Collection
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component