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KN-1125 Operation Redwing Cherokee Event at Bikini Island, May 20, 1956

Operation Redwing Cherokee Event at Bikini Island, May 20, 1956
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Title: Operation Redwing Cherokee Event at Bikini Island, May 20, 1956
Caption: Operation Redwing Cherokee Event. Fireball of Test detonation of first airdrop by the United States of a thermonuclear weapon at Bikini Island, May 20, 1956. Photographed approximately 50 miles northwest of target. Smoke trails are from rockets fired to obtain blast data.
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Catalog #: KN-1125
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Sun, May 20, 1956
After this Year: 1950
Before this Year: 1956
Original Medium: Color Photo
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