What the records say
- When
- May 1955
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 33.00° N, 83.50° W
- Description
- 1955 US entomological warfare experiment
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Big Buzz
US entomological warfare experiment
Operation Big Buzz was a U.S. military entomological warfare field test conducted in 1955 on Savannah, Georgia's predominantly Black Carver Village neighborhood. The tests involved dispersing over 300,000 mosquitoes from aircraft and through ground dispersal methods.
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