Marines on Ground Maneuvers During Nuclear Test
Battle-hardened US marines take part in a tactical exercise a few seconds after an atomic bomb was detonated during the 1952 Operation Tumbler-Snapper in Yucca Flats, Nevada. Over 2,000 Marines participated in the maneuver, which was set up as an atomic amphibious attack.
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514867368
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Bettmann
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08 May, 1952
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