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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)
A Game of Cards
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..While away from their island and among Americans, Rongelapese picked up card-playing. Here they enjoy a game on the tank deck of TLST 618, enroute to Rongelap. (OFFICAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
Sleep Under the Outrigger
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..Enroute to Rongelap, a quintet of Marshallese ladies relax beneath an outrigger on the main deck of TLST 618. (OFFICAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
TLST Store
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..The ship’s store on board TLST 618 did a rush business as Marshallese enroute to Rongelap stocked up on cigarettes, soap, tooth paste, and even shampoo. Lindsay Thompson, of Seattle, Wash., Chief Steward of TLST 618, kept…
Meal Time
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..Two Rongelapese girls squat beside an outrigger to partake of one of the meals served them cafeteria style on the main deck of TLST 618. (OFFICAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
Children and Cookies
PEARL HARBOR, T.H…… July 1…..Cookies are gobbled up fast by boys sitting on a Marshallese fishing boat lashed to the deck of TLST 618. (OFFICAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO)
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