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Title |
Certificate Commemorating Atomic Bomb Test |
Object Name |
Certificate |
Catalog Number |
2023.33.1 |
Accession number |
2023.33 |
Date |
1946 |
Description |
Certificate for Dale E. Pralle commemorating his being on board the USS Epping Forest (LSD-4) during the Atomic Bomb Test in the Bikini Atoll - Marshll Islands, 1946. Certificate measures roughly 9x12in and is framed in a black frame and matted with handcut red paper. Certificate is colorful (greem, red, blue, and white) and features a decorative border iwth mermaids, lighting bolts, ships. and Polynesian patterns. At the cneter of the image of a drawing ot the Bikini Islands with dozens of ships in its center and an airplane at top right. Reads " In Memory of the ATOMIC BOMB TEST / BIKINI ATOLL - MARSHALL ISLANDS / OPERATIONS CROSSROADS / On Board The Good Ship / Dale E. Pralle / U.S.S. EPPING FOREST (LSD-4). Dale's name is printed on a gold sticker, probably something added later. These certificates were likely given to everyone involved in the testing. |
Event |
World War II (1939-1945) |
Artist |
Ray Wallace |
Search Terms |
Cold War, 1945-1989 World War II, 1939-1945 U.S. Navy |
Subjects |
Atomic bombs Ships |
Collection |
Permanent Collection |