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We fixcd up a fine supper for them of boiled fish and rice with tomatoes
and lima beans mixed in. By this time they had gotten used to their sur
roundings, had reccvered their composure and their appetites. They really
Stowed away the chow. This was followed by icé cream and cookies, hvavily
sweetened grape ade and some bright colored hard cendy we had left over
from last Christmas. Tne men were given cigarettes and all seemed contented
and happy. Finally, we showed thom a movie and there wes not the slightest
reaction of any kind from any of them the whole time. It shcouid be remembered that most of these natives had never been off the atoll and as fear
as is known had never seen 2 movie.
The night was passed without incident and they seemed to rest well on
their straw mats. The weather continued good and Since wé were proceeding
downwind at a speed of only ll knots there was practically no motion of the
ship. Next moming they ate and seemed to enjoy a big breakfast of hot
cakes, bacon, bread and jam. After considerable rubber necking 2s we entered Kwajalein harbor and during tne process of mooring to the pier, the
natives were disembarked at abcut O50Q00Ki to waiting buses in custody of
ComavStakwaj. As they went over the side one could not help but observe
and admire the innate dignity of these simple human beings and their naive
but forthright and optimistic attitude towards life.
These seemed to be
expressed in a conversation with the native chief through the interpreter.
The chief was asked what they had seen and ne replied with gestures
indicating a large explosion.
He was ther asked what they thought of it
and his reply was not the negative one as might be expected that the werld
was coming to an end, but, "The world, we think she etart over again."
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