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“Rongelap Atoll, 1963,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard– Retired

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The author recounts a scientific survey mission he and the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard vessel IRONWOOD took to Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1963 to study radiation effects. Continue reading →

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“The Yap Mooring Buoy,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired

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Yap is a small island in the Western Caroline Islands southwest of Guam, Mariana Islands. In 1963 Yap was administered by the United States as a part of the United Nations Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands. After World War … Continue reading →

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