Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Tuesday, Jun 08, 1993


Title: Nightline

Abstract:

  • Live interview by Chris Wallace (ABC) with Rep. Lane Evans of the House Veterans Affairs Committee re: the possible connection between medical problems among some US military personnel who served in the Persian Gulf war and depleted uranium shells used during the war.
  • Taped segments with Robin Denselow (BBC), Captain David Fournier, military nurse Carol Picou, radiation specialist Dr. William Davros, Dr. Ernest Sternglass, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Commander Major General Ronald Blanck, nuclear scientist Dr. Leonard Dietz, and radar operator Darrell Clark.

  • Begin Time:11:31:00 pm
    End Time:12:00:00 am
    TVN Record Number:647593
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1993-2009 Vanderbilt University
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