Imperial Domain of the Golden Dragon, 24 May 1946 – Operation Crossroads 75 Years Ago
Aboard the USS Fall River (CA-131), International Date Line, 24 May 1946 – On 21 May, the USS Fall River (CA-131) weighed anchor in Pearl Harbor and set sail for its final destination some 2,100 miles southwest of Hawaii: Operation Crossroads at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. When the Fall River crossed the…