Keywords: Plumbbob John 006.jpg en Original caption <blockquote>LAS VEGAS NV JULY 18 1957 -- Five Air Force officers will be observers at Ground Zero during the explosion of the first air-to live atomic rocket ever fixed from a manned aircraft when they stand directly under the shot scheduled for early Friday morning at the Nevada Test Site The officers all members of the Continental Air Defense Command and based in Colorado Springs CO will stand directly under the burst sans helmets hats caps goggles or protective clothing to illustrate that the civil populace need fear no harmful effects were it necessary to use the atomic rocket in a tactical situation </blockquote> 409 PLU-57-031 Federal Government of the United States 1957-07-18 PD-USGov Plumbbob John Black and white group photographs of men Group photographs of military people |