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Rongelapese Houses
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..Contrast between old and new Rongelap dwellings. Left to right are a cistern for water storage, an old dwelling, and one of the new houses. (OFFICAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
Rongelapese Houses
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..Shot of the new village constructed for the Rongelapese. Each house is so located that the prevailing wind, during the rainy season, will not blow rain onto the front porch. (OFFICAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
Leaving Kwajalein
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..Rongelapese repatriates wave goodbye to friends on the work dock at Kwajalein Naval Base as they start north ward to their homes. For many, this will be the last sight of former neighbors for months or years to come.…
Distributing Toys
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..Lieutenant Commander Nicholas A. Mark, USN, project officer at Kwajalein for the repatriation, distributes toys given by his son Kevin, age 6, to Marshallese children. (OFFICAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
Children Playing
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..Their initial shyness past, Marshallese children play with toys given them by a Navy child on Kwajalen. (OFFICAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
Residents of Ebeye
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..Residents of Ebeye enroute to Kwajalein by Navy landing craft, where they boarded TLST 618 for transport to Rongelap. (OFFICAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
The Trust Territory Map Part 2
A map of the ‘Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.’ This map includes a scale, legend, most if not all of the islands and atolls identified within the Trust Territory region as of July 1, 1963. This is a Guam Times Map, which was adapted with…
The Trust Territory Map Part 1
A map of the ‘Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.’ This map includes a scale, legend, most if not all of the islands and atolls identified within the Trust Territory region as of July 1, 1963. This is a Guam Times Map, which was adapted with…
The Trust Territory Map
A map of the ‘Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.’ This map includes a scale, legend, most if not all of the islands and atolls identified within the Trust Territory region as of July 1, 1963. This is a Guam Times Map, which was adapted with…
The Trust Territory
An article from Editor Marjorie E. Smith that summaries the Trust Territory. From July 1947, the United States became responsible for the administration of 2100 islands scattered across three million square miles of the Pacific, which is home to…
