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Shuttle bus running between ground zero and the McDonald ranch house where the bomb was finally assembled Arriving at the ranch house, partially restored to its pre-WWII condition and the takeover of the ranchers’ land by the US government during the formation of what was to become White Sands Missile Range The Plutonium Assembly Room in the ranch house where technicians performed final assembly of The Gadget The shuttle bus waiting to leave from McDonald ranch house to go back to ground zero.

below: Trinity Site with its obelisk, Fat Man replica and members of the U S Army below: Atomic tourists at the obelisk, erected in 1965 to mark ground zero

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