Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Levinson Image Collection |
Object ID |
IA.LEV.2021.01-02 |
Accession Number |
2021.006 |
Title |
Atomic Age GI Tests Protective Equipment at Fort Ord |
Date |
03/22/1959 |
Year Range from |
1959 |
Year Range to |
1959 |
Description |
Photograph of a soldier wearing protective equipment at the Combat Development and Equipment Center (CDEC) tests equipment to survive a nuclear detonation on March 22, 1959. Caption on reverse appears to be a newspaper clipping. It reads "Atomic Age GI. An officer at Fort Ord, Calif., displays latest equipment for the foot soldier at the Army's Combat Development Experimentation Center. It includes a transmitter and receiver in the helmet, body armor, 12 layers of nylon to protect against flak and fragments, a new 61/2-pound .222 caliber rifle, a radiation detector, and a gas mask that reduces effects of a nuclear flash." |
Search Terms |
Fort Ord Combat Development Experimentation Center CDEC Soldiers Equipment Rifle Gas Mask Helmet Atomic Age GI Nuclear training NBC training Nuclear Exercise Radiation Protection Transmitter Receiver |