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to Hope and I), and that there was a refripgorator and stove for the
dispensary and all the education supplics still on board his ship.
He didn't seem to care that there were Kili bags (handicrafts made on
the island) and copra that the people wanted to sell.
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The real incident that prompted me to write this letter occurred
‘this morning, Saturday, November 18.
The boat had previously departed -
Kili for Ebon atoll, but was asked to return to Kili to pick up the
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magistrate, Juda, on a medical emergency call,
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morning at 3:00 A.M.
no problem,
The boat returned this
The oosean was extremely rough, but the patient
had to be removed from the island.
In a lagoon this operation would be
% was an hour and 4s operation at Kili.
200 yards from shore.
The ship was only
First the ship's cutboard was caught on a wave,
and the engine had to be repaired. Loading the outboard with the
patient and those accompanying him was the next problem...
The waves
continually seesawed the boat while the,.men tried to: steady it.
Finally the patient was carried on, and the outboard made its attempt
to return to the ship.
To do this the Kili men walk the boat out as far
as possible, try to time the waves, and then "gun" ‘the motor attemmpting
to estape during the wave interval.
The boat coasted over the white
foam of a preceeding wave and met the dark ocean head on,
From the
shore we could see a black line rising before the craft which
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indicated the formation of another wave.
The crest of the swelling
raised: the boat and then suddenly dropped it, splashing forward.
The wave had been beaten, but it left
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voolk one small suitcase overboard,
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the passengers drenched and
Remember, this was a medical
keemergency and there was a very sick man on board.
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made it to the ship and the ship departed.
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The small craft
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Is it any wonder why we heard, "Xilli enana, Bikini emon'"? (Kili
is vad, Bikini is good.)
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food, that there was }s barrel of kerosene on the island (which belonged”
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Their lives are centered around a lagoon,
The One Uhing Ghat da most dinporbeut, to Lhem da act aVailalla hare on
‘: Kili, ; They want to go home? Can they, after 20 years of life on Kili?
| They don't mow, Bikini has been declared safe from all radioactivity.
i} They have received a rather optimistic letter concerning this subject.
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