Title: Shot BADGER
Description: This report describes the activities of DoD personnel in Shot BADGER, the sixth nuclear test in the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series. The test, conducted on 18 April 1953, involved military personnel in Exercise Desert Rock V, AFSWP, AFSWC, and AEC test activities. The largest activity was the 2d Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade maneuver involving 2,167 Marines.
Subjects: Nuclear weapons, Testing, Atomic bomb, Nevada Test Site (Nev.), Radioactive fallout
Places: Nevada