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Carrying Livestock
#7… Two Ejit Island residents carry some livestock to a Navy small craft that took it to TLST 618, for shipment to Rongelap.
Loading a Boat
#8… Residents of Ejit Island, Majuro Atoll, load belongings into a Navy LCVP for reloading into TLST 618, which was berthed at Uliga, two miles away.
A Child Packing
#10… At Uliga, Majuro Atoll, a lad about 9 years old climbs the gangway of TLST 618, carrying some of his family’s belongings in a woven mat.
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.
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)
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I Estorian Santa Marian Kamalen
The story of Santa Marian Kamalen, Guåhan's patronness, and her arrival to the island.