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FIGURE 1-37. FOOD PREPARATION ON UJELANG ISLAND.
The other drastic change in the lives of the people was the close
proximity in which the dri-Enewetak and dri-Enjebi were compelled to’
live. Traditionally, a distance of more than 20 miles separated the two
communities except for a brief period on Aomon. On Ujelang, they
occupied two sides of an arbitrary line which had no real significance. One
effect of this was more intermarriages and a corresponding increase in
crossed land rights, so that the dri-Enjebi acquired more rights in the:
south than ever before, and vice versa. However, this did not affect the’
strong desire of the dri-Enjebi to possess a residence on their traditional
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OPERATION SANDSTONE: APRIL-MAY 1948
Operation Sandstone was conducted by JTF-7, under the command ol
LTGHull. The Task Force included Army, Navy, Air Force, and an AEC
scientific group. Captain James Russel, USN, AEC’s Division of Military
Applications (DMA), was Test Director and Dr. Darol Froman, also from
AEC-DMA, was Scientific Director. Military Service elements of the JTF
were commanded by Brigadier General B. T. Ogden, USA, Rear Admira
Francis Denebrink, USN, and Major General Roger Ramey, USAF.?:
Construction of temporary facilities at Enewetak Proving Ground beganin
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