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Escholtz Islands
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Escholtz Islands: see Bikini Bikini , atoll, c.2 sq mi (5.2 sq km), W central Pacific, one of the Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands. It comprises 36 islets on a reef 25 mi (40 km) long. After its inhabitants were removed (1946) to Rongerik, Bikini was the scene of 23 U.S.
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He served on a troop transport vessel that was sent overseas in anticipation of an invasion of Japan, but it was diverted to Bikini Atoll for nuclear tests when the war ended with the bombing of Japan.
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While Reard shortly declared that he labeled his new design as the Brazilian bikini after the Bikini Atoll islands and not the occurrence of nuclear explosion, he was apparently manipulating the sensational episode for his advantage.
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While in the navy he witnessed atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll.
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