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TEST ABLE IS HEREBY ENACTED. Aboard the 

 AGC- 1 3 "Panamint" members of the House Naval 



Affairs Committee witness Test Able, from a point 

 about 20 miles off Bikini. Left to right: Representa- 

 tives George J. Bates (R), Massachusetts, Michael 

 J. Bradley (D), Pennsylvania, Edouard V. M. Izac 

 (D), California, and Jack Z. Anderson (D), Cali- 

 fornia. From the "Panamint" the flash of the 

 bomb was spectacular although no heat or shock 



waves were felt, and the explosion was only faintly 

 audible. On the afternoon of Able Day ships of 

 the observer fleet reentered the lagoon. Soon 

 afterwards inspection parties in small boats toured 

 the target area. One by one the target ships 

 were examined and then declared "Geiger sweet" 

 — safe for reboarding. Among the ships first re- 

 boarded by the observers were "Nevada," "Ar- 

 kansas," "Prinz Eugen," "Pensacola. 



