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Gull guarding Coast Guard Station, Ebeye |
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Ebeye - high rent district |
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Ebeye - mining for nose gold |
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very clear water, even with the trash, Ebeye pier |
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junk in the water, Ebeye pier |
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Yap Islander, Ebeye pier |
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This inter-island freighter was featured in National Geographic once. |
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ship used as breakwater, Ennylabegan |
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This is a WWII liberty ship, constructed of concrete and rebar, sunk as a breakwater at Ennylabegan. The USCGS put a surveying monument on this half-sunken rusting hulk, and all points on the island are tied into it. |
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John Riggs, ship, Ennylabegan |
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WWII landing craft remains, off ship, Ennylabegan |
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Inside the ship, Ennylabegan |
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John Riggs in the sky on Gugeegue |
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John Riggs climbing pole on Gugeegue |
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Wes Thomas shooting angles on Gugeegue |
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Old Japanese bunker, with young surveyor inside |
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Rust, Kwaj's principal product |
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the infamous "White Elephant" |
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Constructed with millions of taxpayer dollars, it was obsolete before it was completed, and became one of the world's most expensive warehouses. |
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shootin' angles on Omelek |
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Wes Thomas, Chief Surveyor, TN&H |
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Wes first visited Kwajalein in 1944 as a U.S. Marine, assaulting Roi Namur. |
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