White Sands Missile Range Nuclear Detonation Testing Support Troops Battalion Army Challenge Coin
1 1/2 inch Challenge Coin
Location of where the very first Nuclear Atomic detonation took place on 16 July 1945.
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a military testing area operated by the United States Army. The range was originally established as the White Sands Proving Ground on 9 July 1945. White Sands National Park is located within the range.