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Burning Sky: The Atomic Marines

After being sworn to secrecy about their Cold War mission, some of the marines involved are now finally speaking out about a series of top-secret nuclear tests codenamed "Operation Castle", held in 1954, that the US military carried out in a trial known as “Castle Bravo”; including the detonation of a massive 15-megaton hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

English
  • Originally Aired June 23, 2021
  • Runtime 49 minutes
  • Network US PBS
  • Notes Is a season finale
  • Created October 28, 2021 by
    stevek789
  • Modified October 28, 2021 by
    stevek789