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Operation Castle Art Print
by Karen Wilson
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Operation Castle art print by Karen Wilson. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the... more
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Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the twentieth century, most nations that have developed nuclear weapons have tested them. The United States, after using the Atomic bomb to hasten the end of WWII, developed the Hydrogen Bomb whose yield was approximately 1000 times that of the Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. The first Hydrogen Bomb testing by the United States was conducted in 1954 in the Marshall Islands and in particular, the Eniwetok Proving Ground under the code name �Operation Castle�. From 1946 to 1958 the U.S. tested 67 nuclear weapons. In 1956, the Atomic Energy Commission regarded the Marshall Islands as "by far the most contaminated place in the world".
American Legion Post member, W. R. �Bill� Johnson was a young sailor assigned to one of five destroyers that provided security duty during the Operation Castle H-Bomb testin...
About Karen Wilson
Bob Wilson, Jr. has inherited his fathers talent. After making a career at the Charleston Naval Shipyard as an engineer, Bob, Jr. started up a desktop publishing business called Fine Art Reproductions that is primarily involved in the reproduction of art work done by Charleston, SC low country artists. He has recently started painting again. His colored pencil sketch “A Weaver’s Prayer was the first piece he did in over twenty five years. He studied the art of portrait painting under his father and has embarked on a career in the fine art of portraiture. Bob, Jr. is a member of the Portrait Society of America, an exhibiting member of the Charleston Artist Guild and the Community of I'On Artists in Mt. Pleasant, SC. His piece called "Lost...
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