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1956 Press Photo First U.S. airborne H-bomb dropped from a B-52 over Namu Island
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1956 Press Photo First U.S. airborne H-bomb dropped from a B-52 over Namu Island

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Stem forms after H-bomb explosion.An icicle-like stem forms following the explosion of an H-bomb over Namu Island, May 20. The quote describes the Redwing "Tewa" or "Cherokee" nuclear test, the first U.S. airborne H-bomb dropped from a B-52 over Namu Island in the Bikini Atoll.

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