34 Chapter Two overnight vovage to Rongerk provided the first documentary evidence that thev considered their relocation to be a temporary inconvenience; he was inrormed bythe islanders °... that rhey would come back to Bikini someday” (Life Magazine 20:105-109, March 2§, 1946). The Bikinians arrived at Rongerik on March 8. 1946. Less than a month had elapsed since the date theyhadfirst learned of their impending relocation. 9001245