RESPONSIBLE PARTY. The assembly and arming 

 of atomic bombs are intricate operations known 

 to very few. R. S. Warner Jr., shown at the left 

 is one of the few. He had been a central figure 

 in the Bomb Design Section of the Los Alamos 

 Laboratory since 1944 and was the logical choice 

 for Head of the Bomb Operation Group at Bikini. 

 With him are Lt. Colonel R. J. Cunningham, cen- 



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ter, and Colonel P. T. Cullen, right. Final prepa- 

 ration of the Test Able bomb was made by two 

 Navy officer "weaponeers" who flew with the 

 bomb in Dave's Dream. In Test Baker Mr. Warner 

 completed final preparation of the underwater 

 bomb and, with Rear Admiral W. S. Parsons, was 

 among the very last to leave the Zeropoint Ship 

 LSM-60, beneath which the bomb was suspended- 



