When Len Kreisler took on the job of medical director for the Nevada Test Site in 1973, he had no idea his first day on the job would be a memorable one.
Kreisler brought his family to Nevada from Peekskill, N.Y., where greenery dominates and rain is often in the forecast. That first day, he rode in an old Cadillac ambulance to the on-site housing units -- trailers set in the middle of nowhere.
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