The tests, called Operation Crossroads, were to be at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. They wanted to see the effects of the bomb on ships when bombs were exploded above and below the water. The Navy got 30 photographers to volunteer to train as underwater divers so we could take pictures of the damage to the ships that sank from the explosions.
Rare Photographs Of Atomic Bomb Testing At Bikini Atoll – Operation Crossroads
June 5, 2018
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