In the 1950s, Nevada was the main location for the U.S. military’s atomic bomb tests. A mere 45 miles from Las Vegas, President Harry Truman established a 680-square-mile atomic testing ground ...

“Nevada returned to combat during the Attu landings in May 1943.” Once the war ended, the ragged ship “was assigned to serve as a target during the July 1946 atomic bomb tests at ...

After the April 22, 1952, televised broadcast of the bomb, atomic culture swept the nation ... offering a panoramic view of the Nevada horizon, was a favorite watch spot of tourists, as was ...

You’ll get a realistic sense of what people felt when watching tests at the Nevada Test Site. When you visit the Ground Zero ...

The site, which was once the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range, was decided on for nuclear testing by the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1955, the site was renamed to the Nevada Test Site.

“On Swift Horses,” based on Shannon Pufahl’s novel of the same name and adapted by Bryce Kass, is all about how a dominant ...

The USS Nevada served in World War I and World War II and sat off Bikini Atoll in July 1946 during atomic bomb tests, historians say. The wreck is 65 nautical miles southeast of Pearl Harbor ...

educational and definitely unique are just some of the ways to describe the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas. The museum documents the history of nuclear testing at the National Nevada ...

The Nevada survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor ... It was assigned as a target for atomic bomb testing at the Marshal Islands, according to Naval History and Heritage Command.

Although the sleek fighter never made it into production, its participation in three atmospheric atomic bomb tests helped in waging the cold war. In a 1990 letter to the Nevada Division of ...

Despite its dreamy, hypnotic effect, however, the work has its roots in the terrifying reality of a nuclear bomb. Its creator, artist James Stanford, grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, near where more ...