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Show I Prerision Marked Operations Crossroads j By TAIL FELTUS When "Dave's Dream" took to , the dawn sky on Kwajalein Atoll. the long-planned and vast machin-' machin-' ery of the Army Air Forces role in Operations Crossroads began to : move with the precision of a great : war mission. j 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. I |