Not always the good guys.

A little history for you. On March 1st, 1954 the United States Government tested the first dry fuel hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. (Annexed from Japan in World War II.) Unfortunately for some Japanese fisherman scientists badly underestimated the size of the resulting blast. A Japanese fishing boat the Diago Fukuryu Maru was exposed to the fallout, (men on the boat were using their hands to pick up the calcined coral which fell  like snow on the boat.) Their Chief radio operator Mr. Aikichi Kuboyama lingered for seven months before dying on September 23, 1954. He said "I pray I am the last victim of a hydrogen or atomic bomb."  Sadly he wasn't the last to die from exposure to Hydrogen bombs. Cancer levels in the Bikini Islands are higher than anywhere but Chernobyl. The islanders began moving back onto the Bikini Atoll and surrounding areas in the 1970's. But were moved off again in in September of 1978 when it was found that radiation levels were far higher than previously thought. On March 5th 2001 the Nuclear Claims Tribunal awarded the Bikini Islanders 563 million dollars in reparations for the loss of value of and restoration costs of their homes. Also for suffering and hardship. Unfortunately no one has the money to pay them. It is now up to the people of Bikini Island (who are now living spread out over the other Marshall Islands) to petition the U.S. Congress for the money. It is doubtful that any of the people who lived on the Island during the blast will ever see that compensation. If you ever watch the movie Godzilla (the 1954 Japanese version) it starts with the boat Diago Fukuryu Maru being attacked by Godzilla, and the radio operator being the first to die. A direct reference to the incident. It could explain some of the popularity of the movie. Anyway, a little history for you. That's about it. Ciao for now.