His father was one of the Army personnel that was subjected to a nuclear test blast. His father suffered all sorts of health problems later in life.
(I don't remember the details, that job being about twenty-five years ago.)
There were several people who were are contemporaries, and half a generation older who were born with cleft palates. Our town seemed to have a lot of “different” maladies.
In my own graduating class, we’ve lost a total of 19 people, so far, most to various cancers.
I’ll never be convinced that Downwinders are not “different.” We’ve suffered. Period.