1827–1904
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James M. Gates Jr.
1935–2004
United States
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James Major B. Gates (July 17, 1935 – March 20, 2004) was the last survivor of the segregated 95th Engineers Combat Battalion, which was used for human fallout exposure testing. They were stationed in closest vicinity during atomic blasting at Camp Desert Rock in Nevada in 1954. He was quoted as saying, "there is no reckoning why the government would hurt its own people." At age 15, Gates saw combat in Korea, and was captured, jailed, and beaten.
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