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    Published by Printed on Parry Island, Eniwetok (Enewetak) Atoll, published by Holmes and Narver., 1954

    Seller: JF Ptak Science Books, Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.JF Ptak Science Books

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    No Binding. Condition: Good. The Parry Island Breeze. Printed on Parry Island, Eniwetok (Enewetak) Atoll, published by Holmes and Narver, 14"x 8.5". Printed on both sides, each daily issue on one sheet. 14"x 8.5". 22 daily issues, 24 February 1954-13 April 1954. Including vols 15 # 46, 47, 49, 50, 55, 58, 60, 62, 64-67, 69-71; and vol 16 #s 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11. Printed on yellow, blue, green, cream sheets. All in GOOD condition, with some old folds. Note: NO copies found in WorldCat, and the only mentions of this publication that I can find online are my own blog posts. [++] Daily life on Eniwetok, with mentions of mail delivery, movies, what was for lunch and dinner, plus international and national news (terrorism, Mau Mau, Pakistan, Syria, Cold War, Heroin, Eisenhower, McCarthy, Israel, atom smasher, etc.) All on one sheet. Please note that Eniwetok was occupied beginning in 1944 by the U.S. Following a series of battles there with the Japanese army and navy. Between 1948 and 1958 Eniwetok Atoll was tge centerpiece (if you will) of nuclear arms testing by the U.S. In the Pacific, with more than 43 nuclear tests conducted there. RARE. These sheets only cover 22 days in 1954, but so far as I can determine there are no references to it in the obvious places. …