NNSA-NSO-982, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT/MET - ATOMIC BLAST, fired at Frenchman Flat April 15, is viewed by Camp Desert Rock soldiers from a position five and one-half miles from ground zero.
Exercise Desert Rock IV (Tumbler-Snapper Dog) 001
The atomic cloud formed by the detonation seems close enough to touch, and tension gone, Poth and Wilson do a little clowning for the camera. This was shot Dog of operation Tumbler-Snapper, during Desert Rock IV.
Upshot-Knothole Encore 002
UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE/ENCORE, Camp Desert Rock, Nevada. Military observers are shown witnessing the eighth in the current series of atomic blasts on the Nevada Proving Grounds. Over 600 high ranking officers from the... More
Upshot-Knothole Encore 003
Nevada Test Site, May 8, 1953, Upshot-Knothole Encore -- Atomic troops are shown crouching in their trenches just prior to the detonation of the eighth atomic detonation in the Spring 1953 series at the Nevada ... More
Fallout broom - A group of men in uniform standing next to each other
Exercise Desert Rock IV - Nevada Proving Grounds - June 1, 1952. Sixth Army troops from Camp Desert Rock attack towards an atomic blast during a maneuver held by the Army at the AEC's Nevada Proving Grounds in... More
NNSA-NSO-1010 - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers
TEAPOT/MET - ATOMIC CLOUD of April 15, 1955 detonation at Frenchman Flat viewed from 15 miles away by four Camp Desert Rock soldiers who remained behind at the camp while 150 of their buddies went forward to th... More
NNSA-NSO-103 - A black and white photo of two people flying a kite
1953 - MARINE CORPS, UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
NNSA-NSO-907 - A man standing on top of a wooden platform next to a cr...
Brig. General H. P. Storke, commanding general of Camp Desert Rock, NV. and exercise director, addresses a group of correspondents during their tour of the atom bomb site, April 21, 1952.
NNSA-NSO-993 - A group of men standing next to each other holding a do...
TEAPOT - CAMP DESERT ROCK, March 11, 1955 - Marine mascot, Maggie, dubbed "Sergeant Roentgen" (1 unit of radiation) for the current atomic exercises, arrives at Camp Desert Rock aboard a Marine Transport helicopter.
Exercise Desert Rock IV (Tumbler-Snapper George) 001
Exercise Desert Rock IV - Nevada Proving Grounds - June 1, 1952. Sixth Army troops from Camp Desert Rock attack towards an atomic blast during a maneuver held by the Army at the AEC's Nevada Proving Grounds in... More
NNSA-NSO-933 - A black and white photo of two children playing in the ...
Soldiers of the 31st Division watch mushroom rise during the Atomic Tests being held at the Nevada Proving Grounds, April 22, 1952.
NNSA-NSO-937 - A black and white photo of a broken toilet in the sand
Atomic Bomb Damage -- This aerial view of a tank is shown after the atomic bomb was detonated on May 1, 1952 at the AEC Nevada Proving Ground the Marine Corps Provisional Exercise Unit consisting of 2100 Marine... More
NNSA-NSO-881 - A black and white photo of a man holding a bird
After an atomic blast held at Camp Desert Rock, NV., soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division made a jump near ground zero. Shown here is Sgt Jerry Pippin wrapping up his chute after landing in the drop zone.
NNSA-NSO-891 - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers
Men of the 504th Task Force walk by 105 howitzer. The howitzer is 900 yards from ground zero, April 22, 1952.
NNSA-NSO-93 - A black and white photo of a group of men
NANCY Event, March 24, 1953, Camp Desert Rock, Nevada -- Pictured are nine volunteer Armed Forces Officers shown just after emerging from a trench located only 2500 yards from ground zero of today's atomic expl... More
NNSA-NSO-940 - A group of men standing around a man in a helmet
Men in foxhole. Public domain photograph of quarry workers, mining, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NNSA-NSO-104 - A black and white photo of a helicopter on a dirt road
1953 - MARINE CORPS, UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
Atomic Energy Commission Proving Ground, Nevada...Marines prepare to c...
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NNSA-NSO-944 - A black and white photo of a person parachuding
After an atomic blast at Camp Desert Rock Nevada members of the 82nd Airborne Division parachuted into the area near ground zero.
NNSA-NSO-962, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - This is how U.S. Army soldiers will huddle in their six-foot deep trenches at the moment of an atomic detonation. The troops rehearsed for their part in the Army's Exercise Desert Rock VI at the AEC's ... More
NNSA-NSO-981 - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers
TEAPOT/MET - Camp Desert Rock soldiers at Frenchman Flat, Nevada, face away from an atomic detonation fired April 15, 1955. Immediately after this photo was taken by Sergeant Anthony Oulelette, these soldiers t... More
NNSA-NSO-983, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - DESERT RUN - Soldiers participating in U.S. Army's Exercise Desert Rock VI in Nevada move out of trenches shortly after atomic blast and head toward Ground Zero. They looked at vehicles and weapons exp... More
NNSA-NSO-879, Atomic Bomb Test Site
A USAF aircraft awaits on an air strip at Camp Desert Rock.
NNSA-NSO-920 - A group of men standing around a tank
Men looking at tank for damage. Tank (either a M26A1 or M46) was still operational. This was 500 yards from ground zero at atomic tests, NV Proving Grounds, April 23, 1952.
NNSA-NSO-923, Atomic Bomb Test Site
2nd Lt. Alfred L. Gain, uses the Geiger Counter for measuring the contamination of Signal Corps Photographer Cpl. Arthur Cohen. Lt. Gais is with the 6th Army Chemical Biological Radiological School to work with... More
NNSA-NSO-931, Atomic Bomb Test Site
2nd Lt. Allen Price, leads a platoon of men from B Company, 167 Rgt., 31st Infl Div. towards the blast area while checking the intensity of the rays in the area per hour B use of the Ion Chamber. Lt. Price is w... More
NNSA-NSO-984, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - ATOM TRENCH COMMAND - Brigadier General Fred W. Sladen Jr., (second from right) with his Chief of Staff Col Ray Haynes (facing Camera) confers with his staff in command trench during U.S. Army Exercise... More
NNSA-NSO-106 - A black and white photo of a man riding a horse
1953 - MARINE CORPS, UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
NNSA-NSO-914 - A black and white photo of a helicopter flying over a g...
General Harry P. Storke the Army Exercise Director of the Atomic Tests at Camp Desert Rock, NV, is inspecting from a helicopter, troops that are marching into the blasted area, April 22, 1952.
NNSA-NSO-965, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - BEFORE THE TEST - An Army 120mm anti-aircraft gun stands exposed at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site within 4,000 yards of Ground Zero of a scheduled atomic explosion. Troops inspecting... More
NNSA-NSO-966, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - U.S. Army soldiers listen attentively as they are told to crouch with their heads at least two feet below ground surface at the moment of an atomic explosion. The troop trenches are about 4,000 yards f... More
NNSA-NSO-967 - A group of men standing around a tank
TEAPOT - U.S. Army soldiers who are going to see an atomic blast at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site look over an expendable self-propelled 155mm Howitzer that will stand exposed within 4,000 yar... More
Operation Plumbbob - Camp Mercury
PLUMBBOB/CAMP MERCURY - March 30, 1957 - NEVADA TEST SITE -- Aerial view of Camp Mercury and Desert Rock taken on 3/30/57.
Upshot-Knothole Simon 005
April 25, 1953 - SIMON Event - Army combat troops crouched in foxholes during the atomic detonation of April 25, 1953 on the AEC's Nevada Proving Grounds. The above shot used only the illumination from a nuclea... More
NNSA-NSO-108 - A black and white photo of a helicopter flying over a d...
1953 - MARINE CORPS, UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
NNSA-NSO-607 - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers
Military personnel representing all four services deployed to observe and participate in the 1951 Buster-Jangle series of atmospheric tests at Yucca Flat.
NNSA-NSO-961 - A group of men standing around a jeep
TEAPOT - ATOMS AWAY - U.S. Army soldiers from Camp Desert Rock, NV, point to mushroom of first atomic device set off in 1955 series at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site.
Operation Tumbler-Snapper Dog 003
Operation Tumbler-Snapper - Shot Dog - Nevada Test Site. Mushroom Cloud and soldiers from exercise Desert Rock IV in the foreground. Type: 315m air burst. Yield: 19 kt.
Buster-Jangle 001 - A black and white photo of a large cloud of smoke
Operation Buster-Jangle - Nevada Proving Ground. A dissipating atomic cloud dwarfs Army troops observing a detonation as part of one of the Desert Rock exercises, fall 1951.
NNSA-NSO-934 - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers
Soldiers of the 31st Division watch mushroom rise during the Atomic Tests being held at the Nevada Proving Grounds, April 22, 1952.
4th Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade morning exercises
22 June 1957. Leathernecks of the 4th Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade round out morning exercises with a mile run at Camp Desert Rock, NV. The Brigade arrived this week from Camp Pendleton, CA... More
NNSA-NSO-938 - A group of men standing around a wrecked vehicle
Atomic Bomb Damage -- This radar van and trailer are shown after the atomic bomb was detonated on May 1, 1952 at the AEC Nevada Proving Ground. The Marine Corps Provisional Exercise Unit consisting of 2100 Mari... More
NNSA-NSO-945 - Automobiles of 1940s
Brigadier General J. P. Storke observes damage done to vehicle by atomic blast at Nevada Proving Grounds, April 22, 1952.
NNSA-NSO-978, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - H-HOUR MINUS ONE - U.S. Army soldiers rehearse moving into trenches in preparation for D-Day at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site. They will be in six-foot deep trenches, approximately 4,... More
NNSA-NSO-999, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - Minutes after an atomic explosion at the Nevada Test Site, Marines aboard assault helicopters swarmed from widely dispersed points upon the objective in a realistic maneuver to exploit the immediate ef... More
Operation Tumbler-Snapper - George 003
Operation Tumbler-Snapper George, Nevada Proving Grounds. Sixth Army troops from Camp Desert Rock attack towards an atomic blast during a maneuver held by the Army at the AEC's Nevada Proving Grounds in conjun... More
Marines Participate in A-Bomb Tests - Two Marine infantrymen, at a mac...
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NNSA-NSO-105 - A black and white photo of a group of people flying kit...
1953 - MARINE CORPS, UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
NNSA-NSO-924 - A black and white photo of two soldiers
Crouched in their fox holes are from left to right Sfc James J. O'Toole and Sgt. Joseph S. Hales. These men are part of the 167 Inf. Rgt. of the 31st Inf. Div. One of the units currently participating in the at... More
NNSA-NSO-936 - A couple of men standing next to each other
Two men of the 187th Provisional Fighter Bomber Squadron Observation Troops get into their fox holes before Atom blast at the Nevada Proving Grounds. Left to Right is Pfc Kenneth L. Larson, and Cpt Clifford A. ... More
NNSA-NSO-968, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - CHOW CALL AT YUCCA FLAT - U.S. Army troops take a break during rehearsal for their part in Exercise Desert Rock VI at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site. They will see an atomic detonation... More
NNSA-NSO-998, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - Silhouetted against the familiar mushroom of an atomic blast at the Nevada Test Site, these Marine machine gunners, members of the Marine Atomic Exercise Brigade are impressed by what they see but rema... More
The atomic cloud formed by the detonation seems close enough to touch,...
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NNSA-NSO-1001, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - Marines camp amidst the copters that carried them to their objective during extensive atomic maneuvers this week on the Nevada Test Site.
NNSA-NSO-926 - A man standing next to a tank in the desert
Men looking at a jeep that was 1700 yds from ground zero and 2000 yards from blast, atomic tests, NV. Proving Grounds, April 23, 1952
NNSA-NSO-992, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - Four engine Marine Corps Douglas R5D transport planes unload Marines of the Third Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade at Indian Springs. The Marines from the Third Brigade will take part i... More
Camp Desert Rock
Nevada Test Site. Camp Desert Rock, looking north. The 100 semi-permanent buildings and more than 500 tents accommodated 6,000 troops.
NNSA-NSO-107 - A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky
1953 - MARINE CORPS, UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
NNSA-NSO-408 - A group of men walking down a dirt road
22 June 1957. Leathernecks of the 4th Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade round out morning exercises with a mile run at Camp Desert Rock, NV. The Brigade arrived this week from Camp Pendleton, CA... More
NNSA-NSO-608 - A group of men standing next to each other
Waiting with troops to witness an atmospheric test at the Nevada Test Site in the 1950s are (left to right), Vice Admiral Arthur Struble, Lt. Gen. Keyes, Lt. Gen. Bolte, and Maj. Gen. Sullivan.
NNSA-NSO-921 - A man standing in the sand next to a truck
PFC William G. Milkoski, 505th M. P.'s inspecting machine gun and emplacement at 1700 yards after the blast of the atomic bomb, April 22, 1952.
NNSA-NSO-927 - A couple of men standing next to a cannon
105mm howitzer near ground zero at atomic tests, NV Proving Grounds, April 23, 1952.
NNSA-NSO-991, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - A Marine sentry stands by as members of the Third Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade from Camp Pendleton, CA, unload at Indian Springs, NV. The Marines were flown in from the El Toro Mari... More
NNSA-NSO-606 - A black and white photo of a woman on stage
During the 1950s several show business personalities, including Patti Page, made appearances at Camp Desert Rock to entertain the troops.
NNSA-NSO-922 - A black and white photo of a group of soldiers
Men of the 140th Provisional Maintenance Sqd. March toward ground zero after the blast. They are members of one of the units currently participating in the atomic tests at Camp Desert Rock, NV., April 22, 1952.
NNSA-NSO-963, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - INFANTRY MEETS THE ATOM - U.S. Army foot soldiers trek across the desert at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site in preparation for an atomic burst they will witness from trenches approximat... More
NNSA-NSO-985, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - Lieutenant General Willard G. Wyman, Commanding General of the Sixth Army, arrives at the Army's atomic maneuver headquarters at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, where he inspected soldiers learning the ways ... More
Operation Tumbler-Snapper - George 002
Operation Tumbler-Snapper George. Pictured a few minutes before the detonation are two congressmen and the Chief of Army Field Forces joined Sixth Army troops in their fox holes to witness the atomic explosion... More
Upshot-Knothole Encore (1953)
ENCORE Event - Camp Desert Rock, Nevada May 8, 1953, Army communication teams are shown above talking with Battalion Combat Teams who participated in today's atomic blast on the Nevada Proving Grounds. Describ... More
NNSA-NSO-964, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - C-RATION TIME - Major General William F. Dean, Deputy Commanding General of the Sixth U.S. Army breaks open his combat rations during rehearsal of Exercise Desert Rock VI. The Army will have nearly 5,0... More
NNSA-NSO-996 - A group of men standing around a cannon
TEAPOT - CAMP DESERT ROCK, NV, March 16, 1955 - A 105-Millimeter howitzer, a veteran of several atom blasts, is still in action, but like an old fire horse turned out to pasture. The weapon is now fired at reve... More
NNSA-NSO-997 - A black and white photo of a military helicopter
TEAPOT - CAMP DESERT ROCK, NV, March 17 - A flight of Marine Corps Helicopters wings its way over the Nevada desert on a training flight prior to the Marine Corps' participation in the current atomic tests on t... More
Operation Tumbler-Snapper Dog 002
Marines taking part in Desert Rock IV prepare to charge an objective seconds after the Tumbler-Snapper Dog nuclear explosion at the Atomic Proving Grounds, Yucca Flat, NV. Twenty-one hundred Marines comprised t... More
NNSA-NSO-1000, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - The Marine heliteam leader (last man out of copter) gives the thumbs-up to the pilot which signals that the last of the assault Marines has cleared the copter and the whirlybird can take off for anothe... More
NNSA-NSO-960, Atomic Bomb Test Site
TEAPOT - DESERT ATOM CAMP - Here at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, the Army's atomic maneuver installation, more than 2,300 soldiers are training in the desert near the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site. A... More
Operation Tumbler-Snapper - George 001
Exercise Desert Rock IV - Nevada Proving Grounds - June 1, 1952. Sixth Army troops from camp Desert Rock attack towards an atomic blast during a maneuver held by the Army at the AEC's Nevada Proving Grounds in ... More