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Marines Await Atomic Explosion In Desert Exercise
Marines from Camp Pendleton and 1st Marine Division slog through Nevada desert for an atomic age maneuver. Helicopters from El Toro Air Station uplift 884 men as 204 more ride amphibian tractors toward the target. An earlier misfire delayed the blast, leaving troops in trenches awaiting the explosion.
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Jack Leller
5Th Infantry
Divi
Marine Corps
Sion
Camp Pendleton
Atomic Brigade
Calif
Desert
Nevada Desert
4Th
Maine
Ard Marine 2
el Toro Marine Air Station
el Toro