#18 Col. Paul W. Tibbets of Orlando, Fla., is shown in his office at Roswell Field where preliminary preparations are being made for the gigantic atomic bomb test scheduled for Bikini Atoll this summer, 1946.

#18 Col. Paul W. Tibbets of Orlando, Fla., is shown in his office at Roswell Field where preliminary preparations are being made for the gigantic atomic bomb test scheduled for Bikini Atoll this summer, 1946.

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

#18 Col. Paul W. Tibbets of Orlando, Fla., is shown in his office at Roswell Field where preliminary preparations are being made for the gigantic atomic bomb test scheduled for Bikini Atoll this summer, 1946.

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