In the North German port of Bremerhaven, giant cranes hauled dozens of mysterious boxes out of the U.S. freighter Pine Tree Mariner. A 50ft. length of tubing stuck out of one case; another crate derailed a flatcar onto which it was being loaded. Shipped by rail to the U.S. zone, the crates were broken open and their contents assembled into six 280-mm. cannons—the first atomic artillery supplied by the U.S. to its NATO forces in Europe.
The 85-ton monsters will be manned and tended by the U.S. 868th Field Artillery Battalion. They will...
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