#13 Secretary of the U.S. Navy, James Forrestal (right), and Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy (left), commander of the joint Army-Navy Task Force 1, watch the atom bomb explode over Bikini Lagoon, 1946.

#13 Secretary of the U.S. Navy, James Forrestal (right), and Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy (left), commander of the joint Army-Navy Task Force 1, watch the atom bomb explode over Bikini Lagoon, 1946.

Bikini Atoll, 1946: A Photographic Journey Through the Underwater Detonation of a 23 Kiloton Nuclear Weapon

#13 Secretary of the U.S. Navy, James Forrestal (right), and Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy (left), commander of the joint Army-Navy Task Force 1, watch the atom bomb explode over Bikini Lagoon, 1946.

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