Battle-hardened soldiers who had fought and bled in World War II dropped to their knees and prayed. They sensed that something unspeakably wrong was occurring when they saw their bones appear as shadows through their living flesh. Even those inside were almost blinded by streams of light that shone through the smallest cracks and pinholes in secured doors and hatches. That flash was followed by a tremendous fireball that appeared on the horizon like the sun when half-risen. It quickly expanded into an enormous mushroom-shaped cloud that rose toward the stratosphere and continued to grow until
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