and liza beans mixed in. By this time they had gotten used to their sum
roundings, had recovered their ceomposure and their eppetites. They really

stowed away the chow. This was followed by ice cream and cookies, heavily
sweetened grape ade and some bright colored hard candy we had left over

from last Christmas... The men were given cigarettes end all seemed contentad

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and happy. Finally, we snowed them a movie and there was not the slightest
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reaction of any Kind from any of them the whole time.
It should be reLo
membered that most of these natives had never been off the atoll and és fir
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as is known had never sean 2 movie.

The night was passed without incident and they seemed to rest well on
their strew mats.
The weather continued good and since we were proceeding
downwind at a speed of only ll mots there was practically no motion of the
ship. ext moming they ate and seened to enjoy a big breakfast of hot
cakes, bacon, bread and jam. After considerable rubber necking as we entered Kwajalein harbor and during the process of mooring to the pier, the
natives were disembarked at about 050900 to waiting buses in custody of

omvavSteKwaj.,

As they went over the side qne could not help but cbserve

and acmire the innate dignity of tnese simple humen beings and their naive
out forthright and optimistic ettitude towards life.
These seamed to be
sxpressed in 4 conversation with the native chalet ehrouga che interpreter.
Tne chief was asked wnat they had seen and he replied with gestures
indicating 2 large explosion, Ne was then asxed wnat they thought of it
and ris reply w2s not the negative one as might bse excected that the world
vias coming to an end, out, "The world, we tninx she etart over again,"

fape ewe ee a owe
COO gee

Vie fixed up a fine supper for them of boiled fisn and rice with tomatoes

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