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We recently fond a bundle of letters from my uncle Charles Hugh Grimes to his parents from the last days of World War 2 in the South Pacific Theater. Including first-hand eyewitness descriptions of the Atomic testing at Bikini Atoll.

Note: Since these are considered historical documents, no attempt has been made to correct spelling errors. Where letters were typed in all upper-case, this format has been preserved in transcription. In some areas, original spelling has been noted with {sic}.

Notice: The following article contains a graphic eyewitness account of the operations at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. Some sections may not be suitable for young or sensitve readers.
Viewer Discretion is advised.

Magazine Submission on Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll
U.S.S. New Kent A.P.A. 217

The U.S.S. New Kent (A.P.A. 217), taken June 10, 1945 in the Lake Washington Locks, Seattle Wa.

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