Eniwetok Is Combined Resort and Country Club
Rep. F. Edward Hebert describes Eniwetok as a thriving combined resort and country club for about 8,000 personnel under Joint Task Force 3. He notes extensive facilities from beaches and clubs to theaters, dining, mail, and communications, with high morale and disciplined operations during Operation Greenhouse.
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Eniwetok
America
Pete’ Quesada
Waikiki
Rio de Janeiro
Pacific
Atoll
General Quesada
Duffy's Tavern
Parry
Jane Wyman
van Johnson
Mike
Gene Tierney
John Lund
Richard Widmark
Montezuma
Dana Andrews
Jack Carson
Janis Paige
Eniwetok Visit Described By Lone Newspaper Veteran Hebert
Rep F Edward Hebert of Louisiana, a longtime newspaperman turned congressman, provides a vivid insider account of Eniwetok atomic tests. He notes strict security, military staffing, and a male only environment with no censorship of mail and a permanent base focusing on atomic weapon development.
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Eniwetok
F. Edward Hebert
Louisiana
House Armed Services Committee
Daily States
New Orleans
Globe News
Hebert
Tulane University
Congress
House
Armed Services Committee
Parry
Air Force
Navy
Atoll
Honolulu
United States
Starving Chinese Riot on Red Isle
The Chinese Nationalist defense ministry reported starving civilians rioted on Red-held Weichow Island on June 2 as Red troops fired into a mob at a food depot. Officials say 100 were killed and 200 wounded, ending a bid to move to the mainland. Weichow lies off the southwest coast of Kwangtung, 310 miles southwest of Canton.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Defense Ministry
Weichow Island
Weichow
Kwangtung
Canton
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Alphon
Post Exchange
Officers Club
Mystic Sea
KODAK
Hertner’s
Camera Store
Pria Aire
Paco
Atkinson Drug CO
Polk St
Beery's Prescription Shop
West 7Th St
Brooks’ Drug Store
Barfield Bldg
Cretney
Castleberry Drug CO
Phos
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Store
4Th
Pierce Streets
Gholston Drug Store
Taylor
West 16Th St
Hatcher
Herbert Drug Store
Amarillo Bidz
Herring
Kirk Drug Store
West 36Th Ave
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
Taylor's Pharmacy
Waller
Lewis Drug and Jewelry
River Road
Prescription Laboratory
Polk Street
Ratliff Drug CO
N. E
Newton Drug
VOUS
del Monte
ROYAL
Longhorn
S & M Drug Store
North Fillmore
Seiwell Drug Store
N. Fillmore
Ctn
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Mok
1817
Washington
Security
Security Federal
Federal Witti— & Loan Association
Browning Blue Print Co
Red Isle
Finance & Thrift Corporation
State Department of Banking
South Polk St
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