Atomic Veterans Photo Album

Operation Wigwam, 1955

Air view Detonation Ship view
C-54 ariel view of Wigwam Detonation. Shock wave racing towards plane creates white caps across ocean swells.
Atom blasted ocean jumps skyward in first of two great disturbances.
View of theBase Surge, Shock wave Illustration
View of the radioactive base surge, in the foreground are pontoons connected to a target squaw.
A Greek freighter radioed a distress call thinking an earthquake had occured in San Francisco. "We are badly shaken, but are unhurt, standing by to render assistance."

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