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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 94687 Operation "Crossroads", July 1946 Postal cachet commemorating the "Able" Day atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, 1 July 1946. The cachet, designed by Gunnery Sergeant Grant Powers, USMC, was used on mail sent from USS Appalachian (AGC-1) on that day. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 89KB; 565 x 765 pixels

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31 October 2000