Rising seas are washing away graves in the Marshall Islands

@PO1 William "Chip" Nagel after WWII the U.S. took the German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen from Germany. She was towed to Bikini and nuked with the rest of the ships there. She survived, and was towed to Kwajalein Atoll so the effects of the blast could be studied. During a typhoon she broke free of her moorings, and drifted across the lagoon where she came to rest on the reef. When I was in Boy Scouts on Kwajalein we had an annual camping trip to the island holding that reef. We used to explore the parts of the ship above the reef, jump off the ship into the lagoon, and just have fun. Didn't find out until years later that it was part of the testing. I only found out because I wondered why a ship on a Pacific island bore a German name.
When people live on coral atolls, real estate is at a premium. Any rise in the water level can be devastating. The U.S. Extended Kwajalein by half a mile in length, and almost doubled its width after WWII. There are ways that the islands can be protected from this type of erosion, but the question is, is it worth protecting financially? The U.S. played a big part in the destruction of the area, we pay lease money to the land owners for the islands there so if the North Korean Pot Sticker decides he is feeling froggy, he doesn't have a chance. What we are not doing is enough to help the indigenous people.