According to the organization American-Historama, more than 42,000 U.S. military and civilian personnel, 242 battleships and 156 aircrafts, were involved in the atomic bomb testing program at Bikini Atoll. As shown, the atomic bomb testing was very important for United States. U.S and it happened right after World War 2. They claimed that they needed to test the atomic bomb to have peace and security around the world, and they also wanted to know what would happen when the atom bomb was dropped. Also, the reason why Bikini was the testing location was because it met criterias for the U.S. military, and some examples of these criterias is the size of the lagoon, away from whales and other humans. Operation Crossroads was the first test that was performed on Bikini, and there …show more content…
have more responsibilities that is not finished yet. Many people got permanently poisoned from radiation because of the misjudgement of the U.S., and the traditions, customs, way of life, and culture was all destroyed from the testing. 100 million people is not enough to support all the lives of the Marshall Islands, and it would only be about $2,000 for each individual, and that can run out very quickly. Also, the land of Bikini was contaminated from the nuclear testing. The most rare resource, groundwater is contaminated, so it makes Bikini inhabitable. Coconuts are also a vital part of Bikini, and it is also poisoned by radiations. Many people of the Marshall Islands will spend long times searching for new homes that are not contaminated, and half the people who wished for money for their problems is already dead. So the U.S. should continue to serve the responsibilities for the Bikinians for the nuclear testing until they are all satisfied because the people of Bikini just got their homes taken away for no reason, some got life-long diseases, and some even lost their loved ones or