Title
Eilliett, radio operator and schoolteacher, stands beside welcome sign on Rongelap
Reference Number
0299
Creator
Date
1957-06-21
Format
Description
Date stamped on photo verso by U.S. Navy; may not correlate to actual date of photo.
Caption provided by U.S. Navy. This photo is one of a group of eleven photos that fall under the larger U.S.N. caption heading, "ARRIVAL AT RONGELAP (11 pictures of events immediately surrounding the LST's arrival at Rongelap)" To view the complete set of Navy captions (which are housed with the Repatriation photo files), click here.
The sign reads: “Greetings to the people of Rongelap.” We hope that your return to this atoll of yours, will be an object of your joy and happiness: “Sadness Has Become Joy.”
The sign reads: “Greetings to the people of Rongelap.” We hope that your return to this atoll of yours, will be an object of your joy and happiness: “Sadness Has Become Joy.”
Subject
Spatial Coverage (Location)
Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)
12.5mm x 10.5mm
Is Part Of
"Ronlap Repatriation 1957" file folders, Jack A. Tobin Photograph Collection"