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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...huge fireball seven miles away (see NEWS IN PICTURES). It was bright red, and churning. Big Brother kept up a calm, steady patter, explaining what was happening. The blast wave rustled by. One paratrooper confusedly stood up too soon. The returning wave knocked him flat. A deep, sharp "whoomp" echoed and rumbled off the mountain walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Exercise Desert Rock | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

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