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Children & Tank
#26… FOUR NATIVE CHILDREN stand beside a wrecked tank on the rock-and-wreck strewn beach they use for a play rea on the Pacific island of Ebeye. They are waiting to be repatriated to the island of Rongelap, which was evacuated in March 1954, when an…
TLST 618 Secured
#12… A MSTS ship’s officer assist Marshallese in securing chicken wire to lifelines on the main deck of TLST 618. Repatriatees, who sailed in the ship from Uliga to Rongelap, used the main deck for recreation, and this precaution was taken to…
TLST 618 Mooring
#12… TLST 618 starts to moor at dock in Uliga, Majuro Atoll, to embark Rongelap repatriates who are living on Ejit (which can be seen on the horizon near the ship’s stern).
Preparing Their Boat
#3… Residents of Ejit, Marshall Islands, have unstopped the mast of their fishing boat, preparatory to shipping it, in its prepared cradle, to Rongelap on board TLST 618.
Sealed Casket
#11… A sealed casket carrying one of the five dead disinterred at Ejit for reburial at Rongelap, is swing aboard TLST 618 while it was moored at Uliga, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Loading Livestock
#5… Plutarch M. Sideris, of Honolulu T.H., extension agriculturalists for the U.S. Trust Territory, helps residents of Ejit Island, Marshalls, load pigs into a crate for shipping to Rongelap.
Transporting Their Ancestors
#4… Residents of Ejit disinter their dead for transport to Rongelap and reburial.
Vacated Home
#16… A TEMOPORARY HOME on the small Pacific island of Ebeye, which will soon be vacated when its occupants return to their home island of Rongelap. The Marshallese were evacuated from Rongelap in March, 1954, when an impossible to predict shift of…
Inoculation
ONE OF THE NATIVE LEADRES on the small Pacific island of Ebeye holds a small Marshallese girl during her inoculation prior to her repatriation to the island of Rongelap. The island was evacuated in march, 1954, when an impossible-to-predict shift of…
Jack A. Tobin
#1… Jack A. Tobin, (center, wearing flowered shirt) prepares to go ashore from pilot boat at Ejit, Majuro Atoll, Marshalls Islands, to direct loading of islanders being repatriated from the relocation camp there, to Rongelap. (30) Official U.S. NAVY…
