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Navy lab tests aim to measure atomic blast effects at Bikini
Navy and Army scientists plan three laboratory style tests to gauge the effect of an atomic bomb on ships, equipment, and heat. The Bikini lagoon harbor test is set for July 20 with a bomb half a mile aloft to study pressure, heat, and water displacement. Sgt. Bobby Bacon recounts captivity in Japanese camps and the hardship of prison life, including Bilibid and Cavite, and his postwar weight loss and marriage plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Harbor
Bikini
Army
Navy
Bobby Bacon
Cisco
Marine Corps
Lubbock
Sgt
Bacon
Farene Reaves
Bilibid
Manila
Cavite Navy Yard
Philippines
Bataan
Corregidor
Sindi
Honshu
Japan
Johnny Lippard
Littlefield
Lippard
Yokohama
Sgt. Bacon
Fourth Marine Regiment
Red Cross
Guam
Oakland
Calif
Corpus Christi
McAlester
Okla
Marine. Recruiting
Federal
Mac Coker
Dallas
Coker
Texas Oil and Gas Fields
Abilene
Southern Methodist University
Railroad Commission
Petroleum Engineering Department