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Hank Bolden, shown here at The Hartt School, is an atomic veteran — one of thousands of soldiers present at secret U.S. nuclear weapons tests that took place during the Cold War. Ryan Caron King/Connecticut Public Radio hide caption

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6 Decades Later, This Atomic Vet Is Finishing His Music Education

Hank Bolden is one of thousands of U.S. soldiers exposed to secret nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s. He's now using compensation money from the federal government to focus on his first love: music.

In this July 27, 1974, file photo, Rep. Thomas Railsback, R-Ill., right, confers with chairman Peter Rodino, D-N.J., during the House Judiciary Committee's debate on impeachment articles drafted against President Richard Nixon. AP hide caption

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Remembering A Congressman Who Bucked His Party On An Impeachment

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On Their Latest Album, The Haden Triplets Sing 'The Family Songbook'

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Ten Bridges Laura Veirs
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Say You Will Haden Triplets
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And It Was a Big Sky Spunkshine
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Together-Together Monkeys Spunkshine
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Hank Bolden, shown here at The Hartt School, is an atomic veteran — one of thousands of soldiers present at secret U.S. nuclear weapons tests that took place during the Cold War. Ryan Caron King/Connecticut Public Radio hide caption

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6 Decades Later, This Atomic Vet Is Finishing His Music Education

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Killer Joe Hank Bolden
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Rise Selena Gomez
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