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Bikini Safety Left to Young Navy Officers
On Baker day the safety patrol of 22 boat officers and radiological monitors will navigate the Bikini lagoon after the second atom bomb detonation. They face unknown currents and debris, with drone boats reporting hot spots before manned entries. Veterans from Able day join Lt. (jg) Carrier to lead the patrol, supported by officers from multiple states and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bikini
Navy
Joseph L. Myler
U.S.S. MT. Mckinley
Baker Day
Stafford L. Warren
McKinley
Able Day
Carrier
William G. Davis
Gallatin
John C. Harrison
Miami
Fla
Charles W. Turner
Seattle
Wash
Don Stockum
Canton Ohio
Norris B. Nix
Waterford
Dan J. Veith
Mt. Sterling
Frank R. Moulton
Quincy
Mass
Edmund Bywinski
Buffalo
N. Y
Earl L. West
Comstock
Neb
Charles H. Carr, Jr
Rockland
Maine
Richard Hodges
Baltimore