Office Historian Joint Task Force (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Binding tight, content clean and straight. Hard cover in very good condition, gilt lettering and illustration on front and spine in very good condition. If purchasing internationally, please inquire about shipping charges before purchase. Ships within 1-2 business days.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Binding is tight. This book is in acceptable condition and is a reading copy. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Quarto. Hardcover with color pictorial dust jacket. 224 pages. Color illustrated end papers of the Atomic bomb detonation. Frontispiece color photograph of the A-Bomb mushroom cloud. Illustrated with black and white photographs inside. Fragile dust jacket is torn, split and in pieces with several large chips. Blue cloth binding in good condition with shelf wear. Interior contents clean. Inscription on the right front flyleaf reads: "To a mighty sweet girl for whom I am proud to have a small part to make this a better place for her to live. With Love, Capt. William B. Tarrant USMCR "Photographer.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover with DJ. Dark blue cloth over boards with gold lettering. Minor rubbing at crown and foot of spine. Binding slightly loose. Color pictorial DJ wrapped in protective mylar. DJ toned with small chip at crown of spine. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1946. 224 pages. Black and white photographs in the text; color frontispiece. Original mail-in card still in rear. Tucked in first few pages are two newspaper clippings, a former sale listing of the book, and a CD labeled "Drones of Bikini." Former owner signed front free endpaper. Pages uniformly toned. Overall in good condition. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

First Edition. Embossed hardcover, very good with owner name inked out, slight foxing to endpapers, transmittal letter tipped in,.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 224 pages, with black and white photographs throughout. Blue cloth covers with gold titles, top and base of spine, corners are bumped and worn, edges of spine worn with tears at top and base of spine, covers are scuffed, binding is loose, edges of text and endpapers are lightly yellowed, rear endpaper is torn at hinge, Fair. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Mild soil and bumping to boards. Unclipped DJ in archival plastic protector has mild edgewear, scuffing and soiling, and a couple of tiny holes over spine. Solid binding and clean text. Toned and mildly foxed pages. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 224 pages.

Hardcover, cloth cover. Condition: good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 224 pages. Decorative cover. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrations. Index. Wise and Company promotional postcard still affixed after page 224. Pages slightly darkened, boards & spine somewhat scuffed & faded. Task Force One (TF 1) was organized on 11 January 1946. It followed the basic principles employed during World War II to develop amphibious task forces, but incorporated needs of the scientific program. The joint task force staff comprised Army, Navy, and civilian scientific personnel. This joint staff maintained liaison with the War and Navy Departments, the Manhattan Engineer District, and other government agencies. Commander Joint Task Force 1 [CJTF 1] maintained liaison with two boards of special interest, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Evaluation Board and the President's Evaluation Commission. The Evaluation Board was to advise CJTF 1 during preparation for the tests and evaluate test results. The Evaluation Commission was to cooperate with the War and Navy Departments in conducting the tests, and to undertake a study of the tests and to submit its observations to the President along with findings, conclusions, and recommendations. JTF 1 was subdivided into eight task groups, each of which performed some specific function. Task Group 1.1 (Technical Group); Task Group 1.2 (Target Vessel Group); Task Group 1.3 (Transport Group); Task Group 1.4 (Army Ground Group); Task Group 1.5 (Army Air Group); Task Group 1.6 (Navy Air Group); Task Group 1.7 (Destroyer Surface Patrol Group); and Task Group 1.8 (Service Group). Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by Joint Army/Navy Task Force One, headed by Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in Bikini Lagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ). The first test was Able. The bomb was named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 film Gilda, and was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946. It detonated 520 feet above the target fleet and caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet. The second test was Baker. The bomb was known as Helen of Bikini and was detonated 90 feet underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep-water test named Charlie was planned for 1947 but was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep-water shot conducted in 1955 off the coast of Baja California. Planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, but one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster.".

Condition: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 224 pages. Cover decorated with large mushroom cloud and gold lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontispiece. Illustrations. Index. Some damp staining at top edge and inside rear board. Pages slightly darkened, boards & spine somewhat scuffed & faded. Task Force One (TF 1) was organized on 11 January 1946. It followed the basic principles employed during World War II to develop amphibious task forces, but incorporated needs of the scientific program. The joint task force staff comprised Army, Navy, and civilian scientific personnel. This joint staff maintained liaison with the War and Navy Departments, the Manhattan Engineer District, and other government agencies. Commander Joint Task Force 1 [CJTF 1] maintained liaison with two boards of special interest, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Evaluation Board and the President's Evaluation Commission. The Evaluation Board was to advise CJTF 1 during preparation for the tests and evaluate test results. The Evaluation Commission was to cooperate with the War and Navy Departments in conducting the tests, and to undertake a study of the tests and to submit its observations to the President along with findings, conclusions, and recommendations. JTF 1 was subdivided into eight task groups, each of which performed some specific function. Task Group 1.1 (Technical Group); Task Group 1.2 (Target Vessel Group); Task Group 1.3 (Transport Group); Task Group 1.4 (Army Ground Group); Task Group 1.5 (Army Air Group); Task Group 1.6 (Navy Air Group); Task Group 1.7 (Destroyer Surface Patrol Group); and Task Group 1.8 (Service Group). Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by Joint Army/Navy Task Force One, headed by Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in Bikini Lagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ). The first test was Able. The bomb was named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 film Gilda, and was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946. It detonated 520 feet above the target fleet and caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet. The second test was Baker. The bomb was known as Helen of Bikini and was detonated 90 feet underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep-water test named Charlie was planned for 1947 but was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. Charlie was rescheduled as Operation Wigwam, a deep-water shot conducted in 1955 off the coast of Baja California. Planners attempted to protect participants in the Operation Crossroads tests against radiation sickness, but one study showed that the life expectancy of participants was reduced by an average of three months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion. Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg, the longest-serving chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, called Baker "the world's first nuclear disaster." Hardcover, leatherlike cover material.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 224 pages. Illustrated endpaper. Paper clip mark at top of first several pages. Minor staining at bottom of some pages. Color frontis of a mushroom cloud. Illustrations. Index. Some pages slightly darkened, boards and spine somewhat scuffed and faded. Includes "A Message for the Commander Joint Task Force One" signed in the plate by Admiral William Blandy. Laid in is an original and two carbon copies of a brief presentation communication from H. R. Carson, Executive Secretary, Joint Crossroads Committee dated 14 March 1947 to Captain I. H. Nunn, USN forwarding 'for your personal use' this copy of "OPERATION CROSSROADS, THE OFFICIAL PICTORIAL RECORD". It is increasingly rare to find copies with specific connections to Operation Crossroads or the Joint Crossroads Committee. Captain Ira H. Nunn continued to serve in the Navy, retiring with the rank of Read Admiral in 1963. His WWII service was distinguished. He commanded Destroyer Squadrons and was awarded the Navy Cross and the Bronze Star and a Gold Star in lieu of a second Bronze Star medal for heroic actions at Leyte and Okinawa and highly effective anti-submarine operations. His primary career was as a Navy lawyer. During Operation Crossroads he has significant responsibilities for coordination with the legislative branch. The atomic weapons testing program was the subject of intense Congressional and public interest. Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity in July 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. They were conducted by Joint Army/Navy Task Force One, headed by Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in Bikini Lagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki, each with a yield of 23 kilotons of TNT (96 TJ). The first test was Able. The bomb was named Gilda after Rita Hayworth's character in the 1946 film Gilda, and was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group on July 1, 1946. It detonated 520 feet (158 m) above the target fleet and caused less than the expected amount of ship damage because it missed its aim point by 2,130 feet (649 m). The second test was Baker. The bomb was known as Helen of Bikini and was detonated 90 feet (27 m) underwater on July 25, 1946. Radioactive sea spray caused extensive contamination. A third deep-water test named Charlie was planned for 1947 but was canceled primarily because of the United States Navy's inability to decontaminate the target ships after the Baker test. Ultimately, only nine target ships were able to be scrapped rather than scuttled. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion.