May I put a smile amid all this sorrow? It does not relate to the actual tests but is touching. There is a book - Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget, written by William L McGee with his wife Sandra V McGee. The authors humanize the story with a few letters from sailors family back home. Since I do not have permission to quote the book verbatim, I'll have to tell it in my own words. I so enjoyed it.
A sailor wrote a letter to his mother. He told her he had joined the Navy because he so admired how clean they keep the decks. One day he finally learned who keeps those decks clean.
Wish I had a Smiley. Maxine
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www.dtra.mil/Portals/61/Documents/NTPR/2-Hist_Rpt_Atm/1946_DNA_6032F.pdf
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crossroads_baker_explosion.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Crossroads_Baker_(wide).jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ships_involved_in_Operation_Crossroads
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Nevada_(BB-36)_Operation_Crossroads_Target_Ship.jpg