Seeking records about Operation Redwing

Dear Mr. A,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Program Files Relating to the Development of Enewetak Atoll, ca. 1949 - ca. 1951, the series Program Files of Holmes and Narver, 1951-1973, the series Project Photographs, ca. 1956 - ca. 1966, and the series Enewetak Atoll Photographs, ca. 1949 - ca. 19640 in the Records of the Atomic Energy Commission (Record Group 326) that all contain information related to Operation Redwing. These records have not been digitized. Please contact the National Archives at Riverside (RW-RS) at riverside.archvies@nara.gov for access to and information about these and similar records.

We also located the series Photographs of Nuclear Tests, 1952-1958 in the Records of Civil and Defense Mobilization (Record Group 304) that contains some images related to Operation Redwing. These records have not been digitized. For access to and information about them, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RDSS) at stillpix@nara.gov.

The series Subject Files of the Administrator, 1951-1961 in Record Group 304 also contains 1 file related to Operation Redwing. These records have not been digitized. Please contact the National Archives at Boston (RE-BO) at boston.archives@nara.gov for information about and access to these records. 

Next, we located the series Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing, ca. 1959-2005 in the Records of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (Record Group 374) that includes records related to Operation Redwing, including 3 images that have been digitized and may be viewed online in the Catalog. Most of the records have not been digitized. The series Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites, 1946-1962 includes 64 files related to Operation Redwing. These records have been digitized and may be viewed online via the Catalog. Please contact RDSS with any questions you might have about the non-digitized records.

Plus, we located the series Filmed News Releases, ca. 1951 - ca. 1964 in the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (Record Group 111) that includes 3 files related to Operation Redwing. These records have not been digitized. Please contact the National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM) at mopix@nara.gov for assistance with these records. 

In addition, we located the series Records Relating to Nuclear Testing, Contamination, and Exposure, ca. 1947-1978 in the Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Record Group 52) that contains 6 files related to Operation Redwing. These records have not been digitized. Please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) at archives2reference@nara.gov for assistance with these records.

The series Secret General Correspondence, 1955, the series Secret General Correspondence, 1956, and the series Secret General Correspondence, 1961 in the Records of the Bureau of Ships (Record Group 19) all include information on Operation Redwing as well. Please contact RDT2 with any questions you might have about these and similar records.

Further, we located the series Document Library Module Textual Files and the series Document Library Module Data Files in Record Group 374 that contain information about Operation Redwing. These records have not been digitized. Please contact the National Archives at College Park - Electronic Records (RDE) at cer@nara.gov for access to and information about these records.

Lastly, we located the series Photographs, 1931-1984 in the General Records of the Department of Energy (Record Group 434) that contains images of Operation Redwing. These records have not been digitized. Please contact the National Archives at San Francisco (RW-SB) at sanbruno.archives@nara.gov for assistance with these records.

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