Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this tiny Pacific island. Midway Atoll is just about the ...
The date was 25 July 1946. The location - Bikini Atoll. The event - only the fifth A-bomb explosion and the first-ever detonation under water. The pictures we've all seen: A giant mushroom cloud ...
Courtesy of Les Kinney/US National Archives Earhart, or not? The 1930s picture shows a group of people on the wharf at Jaluit Atoll It shows a group of people standing on a dock. The label on the ...