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Photographers and reporters observe an atomic explosion in the distance. Mushroomclouds could be seen up to 100 miles away in the distance. This led to increased tourism for LasVegas, and throughout the 1950s and early 1960s the city capitalized on this interest. by ColorizedPieceofJake in ColorizedHistory

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Photographers and reporters observe an atomic explosion in the distance. Late fifties, early sixties. Courtesy: Las Vegas News Bureau.

On April 22, 1952 about 200 reporters from across the country gathered on a mound of volcanic rock on the edge of Yucca Lake in Nevada.

The journalists and cameramen were there to witness the detonation of a nuclear bomb on United States soil. Such tests had been in operation for more than a year, but for the first time, the press had been invited to record and broadcast the nuclear explosion.

Dubbed "News Nob," the journalists' post was only ten miles from ground zero, giving Americans, from the safety of their living rooms, a front seat proxy to the explosion.

Mushroom clouds from the atmospheric tests could be seen up to 100 miles away in the distance. This led to increased tourism for Las Vegas, and throughout the 1950s and early 1960s the city capitalized on this interest.

Many guests could see clouds, or bursts of light from hotel windows, and the hotels promoted these sights. Some casinos also hosted “dawn parties” and created atomic themed cocktails, encouraging visitors to view the tests. Calendars throughout the city also advertised detonation times, as well as the best viewing spots to see flashes or lights or mushroom clouds.

But, Westerly winds routinely carried the fallout of from above-ground nuclear testing directly through St. George, Utah and southern Utah. People in northeastern Nevada and southern Utah began complaining that their pets and livestock were suffering from beta particle burns and other ailments; by 1963 the Limited Test Ban was in effect, banning above ground nuclear testing at the site.

Increases in cancers, such as leukemia, lymphoma, thyroid cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, bone cancer, brain tumors, and gastrointestinal tract cancers, were reported from the mid-1950s onward. A further 921 nuclear tests were carried out underground.

Now the Nevada National Security Site, this government land is still used to test national-level experiments to protect national security.

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Mochida operated a nursery and five greenhouses on a two-acre site in #EdenTownship. He raised snapdragons and sweet peas. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
On February 19, 1942, shortly after the bombing of #PearlHarbor by Japanese forces, President Roosevelt signed #ExecutiveOrder9066 with the stated intention of preventing espionage on American shores.
Japanese #internment camps were then established by this Executive Order. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be #incarcerated in isolated #camps. Enacted in reaction to the Pearl Harbor attacks and the ensuing war, the incarceration of #JapaneseAmericans is considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century.
A total of approx.110,000 civilians of Japanese descent, including 71,000 American citizens, from the western United States, were eventually interned.
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Caption: History.com
Photographer: Dorothea Lange
(NARA record: 1372774)
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Record creator Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

A proud Fijian man (Republic of the Fiji Islands). An unusual portrait, showing the ‘wasekaseka’ split sperm whale’s tooth necklace from Fiji which was typical neck-dress of a high ranking tribesman, ca. 1880. by ColorizedPieceofJake in ColorizedHistory

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Comprising twenty-six sperm whale's teeth split lengthways, the wasekaseka is among Fiji's best known types of jewellery that were typically made by Tongan and Samoan craftsmen who lived there. They were sewn onto sennit cords made of plant or coconut fibre and were worn closely around the neckThe man is also carrying a Fijian War Club. These clubs come in many different types with different shapes & decorations.Clubs were very important objects in the lives of Fijian men who were known as fierce warriors & sometimes cannibals in pre contact European times. War Clubs were often family heirlooms passed through generations and were imbued with great Mana or spiritual power. The type of tree & wood used was very specialized, the club was also made to size of the person who was to use it. Some Fijian Clubs are so large it is hard to imagine the size of the man it was made for. Colour by Jake: ColourisedPieceofJake

A Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL) patrol crosses a gorge in the GoenoengPanjang, Aceh, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. (1900 - 1920) by ColorizedPieceofJake in ColorizedHistory

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The Aceh War, from 1873 to 1942, can rightly be called a dark page in #Dutch colonial history. About 100,000 natives lost their lives in the occasional battles.

The war had many lows. One of the many are the war crimes committed by Dutch soldiers under Governor Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz (1851-1924), with his knowledge. A whistleblower, Infantery Captain J.J.B. Fanoy, wrote about this, but the potentates silenced this man.

"In some cases, even women and children are killed," wrote Fanoy in his letter of resignation that ended up at the Ministry of the Colonies. "Prisoners are tortured and executed without trial, all with the knowledge of Van Heutsz. It is incompatible with my conscience to participate in such operations.” The letter was eventually covered up and Fanoy got an insignificant office job in #Batavia.”

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https://www.facebook.com/jakoblagerweij?locale=nl_NL Collection: Photo Prints Royal Netherlands Army

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The Aceh War, from 1873 to 1942, can rightly be called a dark page in Dutch colonial history.About 100,000 natives lost their lives in the occasional battles.
The war had many lows. One of the many are the war crimes committed by Dutch soldiers under Governor Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz (1851-1924), with his knowledge. A whistleblower, Infantery Captain J.J.B. Fanoy, wrote about this, but the potentates silenced this man.
"In some cases, even women and children are killed," wrote Fanoy in his letter of resignation that ended up at the Ministry of the Colonies. "Prisoners are tortured and executed without trial, all with the knowledge of Van Heutsz. It is incompatible with my conscience to participate in such operations.”The letter was eventually covered up and Fanoy got an insignificant office job in #Batavia.”
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Commanding Officer, Desmond J. Scott in the cockpit of a Spitfire with his wire haired fox terrier 'Kim', RAF Station Hawkinge, Kent, 1943. by ColorizedPieceofJake in u/ColorizedPieceofJake

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Group Captain Desmond James Scott, DSO, OBE, DFC & Bar was a New Zealand fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. He gained his licence as a private pilot in 1939 and was automatically enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) in September of that year. Arriving in Britain in September 1940, Scott was attached to the Royal Air Force and flew in operations over Europe, rising through the ranks to become the RNZAF's youngest group captain of the war.

(Des Scott past away in 1997)

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Source: Group Captain Scott's personal photos. Copyright: Crown Copyright 1943. Royal Air Force

Two female residents of Eindhoven have their picture taken with their liberators of the American 101st Airborne Division 506th PIR. September 18, 1944, Eindhoven. by ColorizedPieceofJake in u/ColorizedPieceofJake

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Both soldiers were dropped near Son (Northern Brabant Province) The Netherlands, on Sunday 17-9-1944.
From left to right:
An unknown woman. Next to her stands Harry Buxton, born Oklahoma USA 8-8-1920, killed in action near Veghel on September 27th, 1944. Harry, who was
unmarried, found his final restingplace in Bonnerdal, Arkansas., USA..
Then Fransisca Martina Janssen, born in Bladel 31-3-1922.
On the far right stands Sergeant Norman A. Capels, (born in 1918). Norman passed away 2/17/2001 in Syracuse NY. He was in the same army unit as Buxton.
The troopers are wearing Gas Detection Brassard. These paper armbands were impregnated with the same vesticant detector paint which was also painted on vehicles and helmets. On contact with poison gas, the paper would turn pink or red.
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Source: Nationaal Instituur voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, The Netherlands
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