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Under the shroud of extreme secrecy, the USS Indianapolis received orders to proceed to Tinian Island, carrying parts and the enriched uranium for "The Gadget," aka, the atomic bomb, Little Boy.The Indianapolis departed San Francisco on 16 July 1945 unaccompanied,...
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As Apollo 11's Command module "Columbia" departed our atmosphere on top of a Saturn V rocket that pushed them skyward with over 7.5 million pounds of thrust, accelerating to its en route speed of 25,000 miles per hour, the President's...
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The Catatumbo Lightning (Spanish Relámpago del Catatumbo) is an atmospheric phenomenon in Venezuela. It occurs only over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo. The frequent, powerful flashes of lightning over this relatively small area...
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June 29th, 1972; Capt Steven Bennett was flying his USAF OV-10 Bronco near Quang Tri City, on a low-level Forward Air Controller artillery adjustment mission. Capt Bennett was accompanied on this mission by a Marine gunfire spotter Capt. Michael B. Brown...
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James Montgomery Doohan was born on March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The youngest of four children in a Scottish family, James excelled in mathematics and science. Doohan's father, a chemist, pharmacist, and veterinarian, reportedly invented an early...
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