Bikini Atoll evacuation for Operation Crossroads
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- Photograph
- March 13, 1946
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM WASHINGTON
GOODBYE, BIKINI
NATIVES WAVE A FAREWELL TO THEIR BIKINI ATOLL HOME FROM AN LST TRANSPORTING THEM TO A NEW HOME ON RONGERIK ATOLL, 109 MILES AWAY. BIKINI WILL BE THE SITE OF THE FORTHCOMING ATOM BOMB TEST IN THE PACIFIC.