Also radioactive fallout from nuclear testing (over 1000 nuclear devices in the US) during their early development

The current manual (which would probably be revised since it was last updated in the 1940s) calls for tying them up on a pole so they’d have to crucify him to get him standing upright

The officer charged with execution will… Cause a post with proper rings placed therein for securing the prisoner in an upright position to be erected at the place of execution… After a reasonable time, he will order the sergeant of the execution party to secure the prisoner to the post and to place the hood over his head. Then the medical officer will place the target over the prisoner’s heart