a ~ Kili Island. was an unfortunate chapter in the United States relationship with the Marsnallese. The people of Enewetak also were later evacuated to a much smaller aroil. With the deveiopmentof a naval station. and later. ited number ofslight overexposures of personnel to radiation. During Operation Greenhouse, fallout was recognized as a problem. However, it was not until the ‘Bravo detonation in the Castle Operation that the seriousness of high Marshallese were dispiaced to other isiands in that large atoll. The first Pacific test was Operation Crossroads. at Bikini in 1946, followed by Operation “Sandstone”, ‘Greenhouse , and ‘Ivy’. These operations resuited in a lim- ognized. Until a moratorium on atomic testing in the Pacific was declared in 1958, 23 atomic devices were tested at Bikini and 43 at Enewetak Atoll. the Pacific Missile Range at Kwajalein. more leveis of radioactive fallout was adequately rec- +s . : Marshallese ch: ates q ov = 7 4 “= eye Se . tu : = * + FF | ot we Rongelap woman strumming her uke. 2004153 : ° J 2 - *, aoa = =: ey oe vee eg 2 TT ae . on “ae - . ~- wig -s “ot wer ibe . we ~ a “ ’ —- . if ~ » se tof = - ~ ~ x ? ~ ' ~ ™ ~ <2 .