the series of atomic bomb tests carried out by the military during 1957, which were the largest tests that had been done up to that time. There were a great number of soldiers that performed simulated war-time manuevers at the times of the nuclear blasts in the area surrounding the test sites. The operations carried out in 1957 marked the end of large-scale participation by soldiers in atomic bomb manuevers. At the time of this lecture, the public was also becoming more aware of the hazards of nuclear testing and many people were beginning to call for a ban on nuclear bomb testing. —AbilityCongress Approved Glossary