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Vernon Zorn autographed commemorative cover honoring the 509th Composite Group, signed in black ink. Zorn served as the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Third Photo Unit at Roswell Army Air Field, where the 509th Composite Group was based following World War II. He later participated in Operation Crossroads, the 1946 series of atomic bomb tests conducted at Bikini Atoll to study the effects of nuclear weapons on naval vessels.

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Vernon Zorn served as the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Third Photo Unit at Roswell Army Air Field, documenting activities associated with the 509th Composite Group during the dawn of the Atomic Age. His work placed him alongside the unit responsible for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions, preserving the visual record of one of the most significant military organizations in history. Zorn later took part in Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll, the first postwar nuclear weapons tests, where he continued documenting the development and testing of atomic weapons in the years immediately following World War II.

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