In 1969, Washington announced that Bikini had returned to life. Marshal families who had been exiled for more than twenty years returned home. But in 1978, medical analyses revealed alarming radioactive contamination, forcing a fresh and hasty start. This tragedy summed up one of the darkest chapters of the Cold War in the Pacific.
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In 1969, Washington announced that Bikini had returned to life. Marshal families who had been exiled for more than twenty years returned home. But in 1978, medical analyses revealed alarming radioactive contamination, forcing a fresh and hasty start. This tragedy summed up one of the darkest chapters of the Cold War in the Pacific.