Remembering RMI

People who lived in the Marshall Islands for a significant time tell their stories in this series first published in the Marshall Islands Journal.

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A Look Back in Time

A Look Back in Time

"The Most Memorable Holiday We Ever Had"

KAREN EARNSHAW Former Peace Corps volunteer Dave Moss, who grew up in Richmond California, arrived in the Marshall Islands in July, 1968 to work as a teacher. First he taught at Rita Elementary and then moved on to Marshall Islands High School. He shared a house with Ron Levy, who worked with a number of Read More

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Bonny Taggart

Bonny Taggart

Remembering RMI

Today’s guest writer for Remembering RMI is Bonny Taggart, who sailed into Majuro with husband Ken on December 9, 2007. They left the Marshall Islands on October 7, 2016. There are so many memories from my nine years in the Marshall Islands, but none fonder than the joy shared with the children at the three Read More

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Fr. Fran Hezel, SJ

Fr. Fran Hezel, SJ

Remembering RMI

Today’s guest writer for Remembering RMI is Fr. FRAN HEZEL, SJ, who has been a regular visitor to the Marshall Islands since 1965. My first visit to Majuro in 1965 was memorable. On Sundays Fr. Len Hacker would hop in his bus to pick up the Sunday mass-goers and bring them to his porch where Read More

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Natalie Nimmer

Natalie Nimmer

Remembering RMI

Today’s guest is NATALIE NIMMER who lived in the RMI between 2002-2011 for a total of six years. A WorldTeach volunteer assigned to Wotje, she later became Vice Principal at Northern Islands High School and then WorldTeach Field Director, Co-op High School Principal, and an adjunct instructor at CMI. In the Fall of 2002, a Read More

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Tom Armbruster

Tom Armbruster

Remembering RMI

Today’s Remembering RMI guest writer is former US Ambassador to the Marshall Islands TOM ARMBRUSTER who served in this position from August 2012 to May 2016. My favorite place in the Marshall Islands was anywhere underwater. The first time I saw a shark I knew I had to take my cue from Hiro, RayCrew’s incomparable Read More