She said: "He escaped early, the oldest of eight sons on the farm during what was later known as The Great Depression. Joined the Army; lied about his age and ended up in somewhere in Nevada along with a bunch of other recruits who were waiting for the Big Bang. They had spent the morning digging trenches in the darkness out in the dessert, and waiting. All that they knew was that they would wait until told to put their darkened goggles on and then stand up. Shortly afterward they would see a bright flash from something 15 miles away and they would wait for the wind that would follow; the wind that would kick up the sand and blow it into their faces, ending up being buried deep in their clothing. They would stand, after seeing the flash of a blast and open their arms to embrace the nuclear wind that would enfold them with unseen radiation, entering them in ways more intimate than anything living could ever have. They were the beginning of what would shortly be the end."

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