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GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS. Ace photographers 

 from Acme, International News Service, Associ- 

 ated Press, and Life Magazine, some of whose 

 work appears in this book, were assigned to cover 

 the atomic tests. Photographs were handled under 

 a pool agreement, all pictures in the pool being 

 freely usable by pool members. The problem- of 

 security in releasing photographs was handled by 

 a photographic panel representative of the varied 

 responsibilities of the Task Force. ABOVE. About 

 to embark on the "Shangri-La," left to right: Clar- 

 ence L. Hamm, A. P., Sonnee Gotlieb, I. N. S., 

 and Bob Landry, Life Magazine. OPPOSITE. 

 ABOVE. Foredeck of the Jap battleship "Nagato," 

 showing U. S. seamen at work freeing the wildcat 

 on the starboard anchor chain. "Nagato" was a 

 35,000 ton mainstay of Japan's navy and one of 

 her two heaviest pre-war battleships. Commis- 

 sioned in 1919, she was modernized in 1936. In 

 October 1944, when the Japs attempted to choke 

 off American landings in Leyte Gulf, "Nagato" was 

 part of the southern Jap naval force which tried 

 to force the San Bernardino Straits. In July 1945 

 she was heavily damaged by Navy carrier planes 

 at the Yokosuka Naval Base. BELOW. American 

 sailors try out a communitv bathtub on the "Na- 

 gato." 



