Operation Buster-Jangle – Dog test — with troops participating in exercise Desert Rock I, November 1, 1951. (12/25)

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Operation Buster-Jangle - Dog test — with troops participating in exercise Desert Rock I, November 1, 1951.

It was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted on land; troops shown are a mere 6 miles from the blast.

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