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were returned to their home island.
The Rongelapese, however,
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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.
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In April of 1954 the AEC contacted the company which had carried out
By
June, 1954, the houses were completed and the Rongelapese were moved
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from their temporary quarters on Ebeye, to the island.
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homes for the Rongelapese on Eijit Island of Kwajalein Atoll.
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in the Pacific, Holmes and Narver.
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much of the construction connected with the atomic proving grounds
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remained for over three years.
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