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George's obituary can be found in the 21 September 1989 Augusta Chronicle (Georgia), page A-14. It states he was a retired farmer and produce dealer, as well as a member of Disabled American Veterans.
Mr. Lamb was laid to rest at Louisville City Cemetery in Jefferson County, Georgia.
Atomic veterans are United States military veterans who were exposed to ionizing radiation while stationing in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the American occupation of Japan before 1946 (including certain veterans who were prisoners of war there) and thousands of servicemen who took part in atmospheric nuclear tests (1945-1962)...
...A formal investigation of the radiation exposure these veterans received, as well as radiation experiments conducted on humans, was initiated in 1994, by former President Bill Clinton, who apologized for their treatment in 1995. "In 1996, the U.S. Congress repealed the Nuclear Radiation Secrecy Agreement Act, which rescinded the Atomic Veteran “oath-of-secrecy,” thus allowing Atomic-Veterans the opportunity to recount stories of their participation in Nuclear weapon testing and post test event activities, without legal penalty. By this time,however, many thousands of Atomic Veterans, the majority of whom were afflicted with a host of radiation induced health issues, such as cancer, had taken that “secret” with them, to their graves.
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| George Phillip Lamb PFC US Army Korea Apr 30, 1928 - Sep 19, 1989 Atomic Veteran |
George's obituary can be found in the 21 September 1989 Augusta Chronicle (Georgia), page A-14. It states he was a retired farmer and produce dealer, as well as a member of Disabled American Veterans.
Mr. Lamb was laid to rest at Louisville City Cemetery in Jefferson County, Georgia.
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