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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: Most of the soldiers of the evacuation detachment remained in their
bivouac area near Guard Post 2. According to a report written by the
detachment commander, a reinforced platoon was sent to the town of
Bingham, about 29 kilometers northeast of the test site, while offsite
radiological safety monitors surveyed the area. The evacuation
detachment was dismissed at 1300 hours on shot-day when it became
evident from offsite monitoring that evacuations would not be
undertaken. The detachment returned to LASL at 0400 on 17 July (15).
Two B-29 aircraft from Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
participated in post-shot events. Their planned mission was to pass
over the test area shortly before the explosion to simulate a bomb
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