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“If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you
sooner or later.”
 ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

OPERATION CROSSROADS - 1946

The Chief was not at this test to the best of my knowledge, it is a significant precursor test in the Pacific Proving Grounds.  The reel below is stunning footage.  Rare to find such good color images.

Baker Shot

Joint Task Force One

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Stills

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Radiation Cleanup Procedures on Deck!

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Celebrating the Blast.

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Selecting Target Ships for Operation Crossroads

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The Joint Task Force brings candidate vessels into Pearl Harbor to select which ships will be sent for assumed destruction.
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