James Henry Wakelin, Jr. (left) and Peter King (right)
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Creator: United States Navy
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1960
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4821
left to right: James Henry Wakelin, Jr. (1911-1990), Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research and Development), and Peter King (d. 1985), Associate Director of Research for Materials, Naval Research Laboratory. King received the Navy's Distinguished Civilian Service Award during Pentagon ceremonies, for his development of a long-range detection system for providing evidence of atomic explosions or testing.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4821
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Nuclear energy
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4821]
Photographic prints