The flag of Bikini Atoll, a member of the Marshall Islands, closely resembles the flag of the United States and was adopted in 1987. The flag is symbolic...
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Bikini Bikini Atoll (/ˈbɪkɪˌniː/ or /bɪˈkiːni/; Marshallese: Pikinni, [pʲiɡinnʲi], lit. 'coconut place'), known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 19th century...
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flag, from 1979 to the present Flag of Ailuk Atoll Flag of Bikini Atoll from 1987 to the present Flag of Ebon Atoll Flag of Kwajalein Atoll Flag of Majuro...
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and Uruguay. The flag of Bikini Atoll is symbolic of the islanders' belief that a great debt is still owed to the people of Bikini because in 1954 the...
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Marshall Islands (redirect from Republic of the Marshall Islands)
uninhabited atolls are: Ailinginae Atoll Bikar (Bikaar) Atoll Bikini Atoll Bokak Atoll Erikub Atoll Jemo Island Nadikdik Atoll Rongerik Atoll Toke Atoll Ujelang...
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Honolulu (1969–1981, 1985–1994) Bikini Atoll (details) Ebon Atoll (unofficial) Kwajalein Atoll Majuro Atoll Namdrik Atoll Ujae Atoll Kitti Madolenihmw Nett Pingelap...
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USS Blue Ridge (AGC-2) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
embarking general and flag officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps along with United Nations officials for transportation to Bikini Atoll to observe Atomic...
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Micronesia (redirect from History of Micronesia)
agriculture. Of the 29 atolls, 24 of them are inhabited. Bikini Atoll is an atoll in the Marshall Islands. There are 23 islands in the Bikini Atoll. The islands...
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Kwajalein Atoll (/ˈkwɑːdʒəlɪn/; Marshallese: Kuwajleen [kʷuwɑzʲ(ɛ)lʲɛːnʲ]) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and...
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SpongeBob SquarePants (redirect from List of places in Bikini Bottom)
benthic underwater city of Bikini Bottom located in the Pacific Ocean beneath the real-life coral reef known as Bikini Atoll. Its citizens are mostly...
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Air Marshall Islands (category Airlines of the Marshall Islands)
company operates flights to Bikini Atoll, Enewetak Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll, Rongelap Atoll and Jeh and Woja on Ailinglaplap Atoll. The flight schedule has...
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Yemen Bikini Atoll Haute-Vienne, France Knoxville, Tennessee, United States (with multicolored symbol) Republic of Korea Leather Pride flag Lockwood...
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Utirik Atoll or Utrik Atoll (Marshallese: Utrōk, [wudˠ(ɯ)rˠɤk]) is a coral atoll of 10 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the...
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settlers of the Marshall Islands arrived from the Solomon Islands. Radiocarbon dating of um earth ovens, post holes, and trash pits at Bikini Atoll suggests...
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393rd Bomb Squadron (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from November 2022)
During the early years of the Cold War, the squadron was involved in Operation Crossroads, nuclear weapons testing on Bikini Atoll, and has continued to...
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list of flags that are inscribed with written text. The flags are divided by language of the text. Flag also contains text in another language. Some of the...
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Islands of the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Ailinginae Atoll Ailinglaplap Atoll Ailuk Atoll Arno Atoll Aur Atoll Bikar Atoll Bikini Atoll Bokak Atoll Ebon...
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USS Arkansas (BB-33) (category Banana Wars ships of the United States)
pair of nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. Arkansas was 562 ft (171 m) long overall and had a beam of 93 ft 3 in (28 m) and a draft of 28 ft...
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USS Appalachian (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
Crossroads, the atomic bomb tests to be carried out that summer at Bikini Atoll. During the months of May, June, and July, Appalachian served as a headquarters...
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USS Ottawa (AKA-101) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
Ottawa proceeded to Rongelap Atoll, about 65 miles east of Bikini, and with the exception of a two and a half-hour visit to Bikini on 28 July, did not return...
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Namu Atoll (Marshallese: Naṃo, [nʲɑmˠo]) is a coral atoll of 54 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the...
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Atoll (Marshallese: Ņadikdik, [nˠɑːrʲiɡ(i)rʲik]) is an uninhabited coral atoll of 18 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and is the southernmost atoll of the...
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Naval Base Kwajalein (category Kwajalein Atoll)
Crossroads, the start of a series of nuclear tests at the Marshall island atolls of Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll. At the end of the war, the Marshall...
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Aur Atoll (Marshallese: Aur, [ɑurˠ]) is a coral atoll of 42 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall...
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Marshall Islands–United States relations (redirect from Embassy of the Marshall Islands, Washington, D.C.)
testing on Bikini Atoll in 1946 through 1958. In 1965, the US government formed the Congress of Micronesia, a plan for increased self-governance of Pacific...
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Naval Base Marshall Islands (category Kwajalein Atoll)
Jaluit Atoll, FPO#3000 Minor US Navy bases: Wotje Atoll on Ormed Island, Fleet PO Box 3243, Naval base to support Wotje Airfield. Bikini Atoll, Fleet...
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William Sterling Parsons (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
the rank of rear admiral without ever having commanded a ship. He participated in Operation Crossroads, the nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946...
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USS Bayfield (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
Bremerton Washington for further decontamination as a result of the atomic blast test at the Bikini Atoll test site. The transport continued to serve with the...
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Clifton Sprague (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
Crossroads nuclear tests on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. At Corpus Christi, Texas, Sprague was assigned as Chief of Naval Air Basic Training in...
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USS Kenneth Whiting (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
on 6 May 1946 to operate with support forces during atomic tests at Bikini Atoll. She returned to San Diego 30 August 1946; transferred to San Pedro,...
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