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 Bernard
William Rogers graduated from West
Point in 1940 and then embarked on a long and
very distinguished career that included a term as
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and four terms as
NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. |
 Lyman
Louis Lemnitzer had a very long and
very distinguished military career that included
commanding divisions in the North African and
European theaters of World War II, commanding a
division in Korea, a term as Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a term as Supreme
Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe. |
 Operation
Crossroads was an
atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted
in the summer of 1946, at Bikini Atoll in the
Marshall Islands. The series consisted of two
detonations of 23-kiloton atomic bombs. The tests
were conducted in order to study the effects of
nuclear weapons on ships, equipment, and
material. Technical experiments were also
conducted to study nuclear weapon explosion
phenomena. |
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