This Anchorage Daily News article shares the history of nuclear testing and other work at the Amchitka test site in Alaska. At a union reunion meeting for Laborers Local 341, former workers and their family members share their experiences and struggles with illnesses, as well as their efforts to get compensation.
Amchitka: Various Workers
“‘It's like sending people to war without guns,’ said Mike Doogan, who worked on Amchitka in 1968 and ‘69…. He was in office in 2010 when he was diagnosed with a large brain tumor. An operation left him sightless in one eye. His ongoing anti-seizure medication makes him mentally foggy at times. He left the Legislature and hasn't found a way to write another book. He misses the joy of writing. Doogan never filed for compensation. ‘I talked to other people who were just as mad as I was, but in the end, what can you do? What's done is done,’ he said.”
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