Ancient and Honourable Society of H-Bomb Observers.
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Title
Ancient and Honourable Society of H-Bomb Observers.
Eniwetok Proving Ground Local No. 1. Headquarters USS Mount McKinley AGC-7.
Description
Printed pictorial card, certifying that "Charter Heslep Shook, Rattled and Rolled," and signed by William L. Laurence, President, and Henry A. Renken, "Chairman of the Horde by Order of Neptunus Rex."
A humorous membership card, issued to observers of Operation Redwing, the first U.S. airdrop of a fully-armed and fuzed thermonuclear gravity bomb (the Cherokee detonation).
A humorous membership card, issued to observers of Operation Redwing, the first U.S. airdrop of a fully-armed and fuzed thermonuclear gravity bomb (the Cherokee detonation).
Date
1956
Format
Pictorial card, 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches, printed in black on a yellow and orange background of a mushroom cloud.
Language
eng
Identifier
1069
Collection
Citation
“Ancient and Honourable Society of H-Bomb Observers.,” Special Collections & Archives Research Center, accessed November 22, 2024, http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka-2.0.4/items/show/1056.