It occurred to me recently that the readers of this blog often know more about specific Cold War topics that I could ever learn. That expertise is something deserving both recognition and respect. The result of this thinking was a planned series of recurring series of posts dubbed Nuclear History Mysteries in which I post about questions that I've come across in my research for which I do not yet have answers.
The first of these comes from Operation Sandstone at Enewetak Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Taken in April or May of 1948, the photo below shows four Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory scientists/ engineers checking instruments before a nuclear weapons test. The photo was published without a caption in Clarence H. White’s book Operation Sandstone; the Story of Joint Task Force Seven. Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1949 and released to the news media that same year by the Atomic Energy Commission. As such, is in the public domain.
I am trying to discover the identities of the four men shown in the photo, what island the photo was taken on, and what they are doing? If you know anything about this image, please feel free to leave your comments in the section below. Together, perhaps we can solve one of nuclear history’s minor mysteries.
The Nuclear History Mysteries series will continue to explore the arcane and frequently secret work of American Cold War nuclear weapons testing.
I am trying to discover the identities of the four men shown in the photo, what island the photo was taken on, and what they are doing? If you know anything about this image, please feel free to leave your comments in the section below. Together, perhaps we can solve one of nuclear history’s minor mysteries.
The Nuclear History Mysteries series will continue to explore the arcane and frequently secret work of American Cold War nuclear weapons testing.
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