Bikini Atoll Atomic Bomb Test Photographs

United States Department of Defense, 1946

Photographs

In 1946, the United States tested the effects of nuclear weapons on warships. After forcing 167 Bikini Islanders to evacuate, the U.S. Army detonated two atomic bombs. The islands are still uninhabitable today due to nuclear contamination.

APS. Edward U. Condon Papers.