LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Retired Air Force Sgt. Dave Crete can list his medical problems with amazing specificity.

Diminished lung function. Lymphomas throughout his body. A lung tumor. Thyroid tumors. A brain cyst. Tremors. Left-brain atrophy. Balance problems.

He traces them all to the four years he spent guarding the facility now known as the Nevada National Security Site during the tail end of the Cold War.

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Crete and his fellow veterans "are very proud of our service," he says: "We truly did the cool kids stuff at the cool kids place, playing with the cool kids toys. We di

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