Cursed: Why you can't visit America's most isolated island
Why can't you visit America's most remote island - the cursed true crime murder hotspot of Palmyra Atoll? Support making these videos: / @thorntonshistoryclub Where is Palmyra Atoll, how did the USA acquire it from Hawaii, what happened on Palmyra during WWII, and is it true that a real murder took place there? What's going on on the island today and why can't even American citizens visit this part of their own country? It's a fascinating historical episode that teaches us about the American Empire, Hawaii and the Pacific. / thorntonshistoryclub / thorntonshistoryclub / nichehistorysocialclub Sources: Credit to: Public domain material via Internet Archive. Public domain footage via Prelinger Archives, courtesy of Internet Archive. Stock footage and images via Pexels. Stock footage and images via Pixabay. Stock footage and images via Envato. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives Catalog. Vincent Bugliosi and Bruce Henderson, And the Sea Will Tell, W. W. Norton, 1991. Footage: U.S. National Archives, USMS Activities & Building Landing Strip, Palmyra, IS, 1942, NAID 75640. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75640 Footage: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Underwater video of melon-headed whales at Palmyra Atoll and other images, 2017/2023, public domain. Photo: Ryan Hagerty/USFWS, Manta ray at Palmyra Atoll, 17 Apr. 2023, public domain. Photo: Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, N163R crash, Palmyra Island, 1980. Read more: https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash... Photo via: Clarkma5, PalmyraSign.jpg, Wikimedia Commons, 22 Jun. 2005, free use. Photo: Fullard-Leo Family, Fullard-Leo Family Visit to Palmyra Atoll, Internet Archive/Palmyra Atoll Digital Archive, 1987. Photo: Fullard-Leo Family, Fullard-Leo Family Visit to Palmyra Atoll, Internet Archive/Palmyra Atoll Digital Archive, 1979. Photo: Graham family via Find a Grave, photo on Malcolm “Mac” Graham memorial, Memorial ID 214652588. Hawaii maps: Dr. Jack Share, Hawaii overlaid on continental USA, Written in Stone, 2015. https://written-in-stone-seen-through... Photos: U.S. National Archives, Palmyra Island, RG 18 and others, Local ID 18-AA-174-23, NAID 68155411. Satellite view: NASA, Palmyra Atoll satellite image, EO-1 ALI, 18 Mar. 2010, public domain. Archive material sourced under main licenses: Wikimedia & Creative Commons 1.0, 2,0, 3.0, 4.0 GNU Free Documentation License NASA Public Domain License Copernicus Program Satellite: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2021 Google Earth Studio & Google’s Geo Guidelines #history #worldhistory #americanhistory
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