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Major Carlyle Wilson, 78th Fighter Group, with Nazi plane wreckage; Wilson was a physician, born in Dunning, NE, and later a resident of Omaha, NE

Courtesy Carlyle Wilson

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Corporal Roger Peters in Germany, Technician 5th Grade, 1143rd Engineer Combat Group; resident of Valley, NE

Courtesy Roger Peters

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This photo was taken from one of the B-29 Superfortresses used in the attack on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The cloud of smoke rose almost 11 and a half miles (about 60,000 feet) into the air.

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Named for pilot Paul Tibbets’ mother, the Enola Gay was the planethat dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

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1964 "Dr. Strangelove" movie poster

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In 1950, the Ward Justus family was one of the few families in Lincoln who owned a television set

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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American astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. with Mercury Friendship 7 Spacecraft, 1962

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Promotional poster for "I Married a Communist", 1949; re-released in 1950 as "Woman on Pier 13"

Courtesy RKO Radio Pictures

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Newspaper headline about California teachers who didn’t want to take a loyalty oath, November 14, 1950

Courtesy Los Angeles Times

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SAC shield at entry of command center, building 501, looking west, Offutt Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command Headquarters & Command Center

Courtesy Library of Congress, 198336p

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One of SAC’s Boeing B-52 bombers with its full armament

Courtesy U.S. Air Force

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A few minutes after detonation the atomic blast in Operation Cue looked like this, May 5, 1955

Courtesy National Records & Archives Administration

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Before: two-story wood frame house at 5,500 feet from blast site, May 5, 1955

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Mannequin inside house after the blast, May 5, 1955

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After: one-story shed beside LP (liquified petroleum) tank as blast wave hits, disintegrating shed, May 5, 1955

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After blast: line of mannequins [sic] at 7,000 feet, part of thermal radiation test, May 5, 1955

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Pat Exon, wife of former Gov. J. J. Exon, became famous for keeping earthworms for her fishing hobby in the Nebraska governor’s mansion’s shelter

From the 1999 NET program, Remaking a Mansion for First Families

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Mega Feed Lot in Nebraska

Courtesy Union Pacific Railroad’s film, Beef Rings the Bell

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A farmer using an old-style mechanized corn picker and trailer that would have been modern after WWII, Story County, Iowa, 2011

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Sign over meat counter in grocery store, 1950s

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Major Carlyle Wilson, 78th Fighter Group, with Nazi plane wreckage; Wilson was a physician, born in Dunning, NE, and later a resident of Omaha, NE

Corporal Roger Peters in Germany, Technician 5th Grade, 1143rd Engineer Combat Group; resident of Valley, NE

This photo was taken from one of the B-29 Superfortresses used in the attack on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The cloud of smoke rose almost 11 and a half miles (about 60,000 feet) into the air.

Named for pilot Paul Tibbets’ mother, the Enola Gay was the planethat dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

1964 "Dr. Strangelove" movie poster

In 1950, the Ward Justus family was one of the few families in Lincoln who owned a television set

American astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. with Mercury Friendship 7 Spacecraft, 1962

Promotional poster for "I Married a Communist", 1949; re-released in 1950 as "Woman on Pier 13"

Newspaper headline about California teachers who didn’t want to take a loyalty oath, November 14, 1950

SAC shield at entry of command center, building 501, looking west, Offutt Air Force Base, Strategic Air Command Headquarters & Command Center

One of SAC’s Boeing B-52 bombers with its full armament

A few minutes after detonation the atomic blast in Operation Cue looked like this, May 5, 1955

Before: two-story wood frame house at 5,500 feet from blast site, May 5, 1955

Mannequin inside house after the blast, May 5, 1955

After: one-story shed beside LP (liquified petroleum) tank as blast wave hits, disintegrating shed, May 5, 1955

After blast: line of mannequins [sic] at 7,000 feet, part of thermal radiation test, May 5, 1955

Pat Exon, wife of former Gov. J. J. Exon, became famous for keeping earthworms for her fishing hobby in the Nebraska governor’s mansion’s shelter

Mega Feed Lot in Nebraska

A farmer using an old-style mechanized corn picker and trailer that would have been modern after WWII, Story County, Iowa, 2011

Sign over meat counter in grocery store, 1950s