Title
Ronlap [Secretary of Interior Frederick Seaton (left, on tarmac) and HICOM Delmas H. Nucker (right, at top of steps)]
Reference Number
0343
Date
1957-08-19
Format
Description
Although Dr. Tobin has written "Ronlap" on the verso of this photo, it appears to be the landing strip at Kwajalein.
This image is one of thirty-one photos that Jack Tobin had placed in a manila
folder labelled “Ronlap 1957 Insp. Trip by Sec’y of the Interior and HICOM D. Nucker.”
The Secretary of the Interior referred to is Frederick A. Seaton, who served as Secretary
from June 8, 1956 through January 20, 1961. The HICOM referred to is Delmas H.
Nucker, who served as High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
from 1954 through 1961. The photos themselves are not dated; however, an account
published in The Micronesian Reporter (Vol. 5, issue 5. September-October 1957,
p. 4) notes that Seaton arrived on Kwajalein on August 18 and traveled with Tobin,
Nucker and others to Rongelap the following day. To read this account via the online
Pacific Digital Library project, click here.
This image is one of thirty-one photos that Jack Tobin had placed in a manila
folder labelled “Ronlap 1957 Insp. Trip by Sec’y of the Interior and HICOM D. Nucker.”
The Secretary of the Interior referred to is Frederick A. Seaton, who served as Secretary
from June 8, 1956 through January 20, 1961. The HICOM referred to is Delmas H.
Nucker, who served as High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
from 1954 through 1961. The photos themselves are not dated; however, an account
published in The Micronesian Reporter (Vol. 5, issue 5. September-October 1957,
p. 4) notes that Seaton arrived on Kwajalein on August 18 and traveled with Tobin,
Nucker and others to Rongelap the following day. To read this account via the online
Pacific Digital Library project, click here.
Subject
Spatial Coverage (Location)
Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)
25.5mm x 20.5mm
Is Part Of
"Ronlap 1957 Insp. Trip by Sec’y of the Interior and HICOM D.Nucker" file folders, Jack A. Tobin Photograph Collection