Bikini Islanders in their thatched roof home, ca
Bikini Islanders in their thatched roof home, ca. March 1946. When the U.S. Military requested they leave the island during the Operation Crossroads atom bomb tests, they expected that their exile would be brief. The underwater nuclear explosion contaminated Bikini Atoll with radioactive mist and debris preventing their return. (BSLOC_2015_2_10)
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11968307
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45371247
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Credit
Mary Evans / Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
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