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Date:  7/7/1995

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From the August 1995 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Recollections of a Nuclear War

by Philip Morrison

This 627 x 480 pixel image shows atomic scientists gathered at a base in the Marianas Islands, where the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan in August 1945 were assembled. The author is seated third from the right. These scientists are group leaders in the assembly, research and check-up of the atomic bombs at a Marianas base. Left to Right: Norman Ramsey, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Roger S. Warner, Boston, Mass.; Edward B. Doll, Los Angeles, Calif.; Harold Agnew, Denver, Colo.; Luis W. Alvarez, Rochester, Minn.; Lawrence Johnston, Hollywood, Calif.; Philip Morrison, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Robert Serber, Urbana, Ill.; and Bernard Waldaman, South Bend, Ind.