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Show Precision Marked Operations Crossroads By PAUL FELTUS When "Dave's Dream" took to the dawn sky on Kwajalein Atoll, the long-planned and vast machinery machin-ery of the Army Air Forces role in Operations Crossroads began to move with the precision of a great war mission. The operation had been planned, but this time there was a new thrill of anticipation for they were dealing with the force of atomic energy. The schedule for every one of the hundreds of planes and ships had been timed to the second. Everybody Every-body knew just what to do as the command plane headed for the target tar-get area of Bikini lagoon. The vast network of communications communica-tions was set in motion. The weather weath-er man had said. "This is the day," and General Ramey had said, "Let's Go." Then the planes began to roll. |