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Photograph caption dated October 4, 1958 reads, "Mobile blockhouse ingenuity - Old tank which has seen its last days of battle now serves as mobile blockhouse for technicians who drive it around during engine fire-ups to get closer look. Tank is painted white and window has replaced cannon. Heat from missile engine reaches 5,000 degrees - hot enough to melt cement like butter." See images 00155595 through 00155598 for all photos in this series.
United States.--Air Force Air bases--United States Testing laboratories Testing Missiles Atlas (Missile) Scaffolding Tank trucks Deserts Men Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) Portrait photographs
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