were returned to their home island. The Rongelapese, however, were not so lucky--for their island and atoll had been severely contaminated by fallout, and like their neighbors the Bikinians eight years earlier, they could not return soon to their island. In April of 1954 the AEC contacted the company which had carried out much of the construction connected with the atomic proving grounds in the Pacific, Holmes and Narver. They were instructed to build homes for the Rongelapese on Eijit Island of Kwajalein Atoll. By June, 1954, the houses were completed and the Rongelapese were moved from their temporary quarters on Ebeye, to the island. remained for over three years. 86 1O1¥b a3, There, they