VI amd athletic gear were borrowed from COMSERVFAC. Bikini afforded a exinming eres, baseball ani softball dianonis, horseshoe pits end focilities for other games. Buildings left from Operation CROSSROJDS were repaired ani used as clube, where beer, liquor and soft drinks were available, Ships held berbecuss and picnics; on several of these the ki2J2-biliy band fraa CURTISS provided music. 21. hen HAVO contaminated Bikini use of the area hai to be discontinued, After radiation intonsifies had deaayed enough te permit work on the izlaai for short periods the equipment installed - there was recovered, ani later returnad to CHSERVFAG along with the funds borrowed to finance the venture, Profits from liquor, descr and soft drink sales were more than encugi to repay the loan, the excess was distributed among task group units! recreation funda. 12, After the leas of the Bikini recreation area no shore-based recreational facilities on such a scale were again available st Bildni. A eeall island across the legooa “cool” enough for occapancy was used iefly for beer ani suimming parties. on the third shct. It was hesvily contaninated Late in the Operation cantasinsbion on the desalate tip of Bnyu Island was found to be low encugh to permit its nse by recreation parties, Three tents, and a refrigerstor recovered from Bikini Island «ere inctalled there, One dromning occurred in the lagoon off this islend. Shipboard recreational activity substituted, mot too effectively, for the lack of a suitable land area. 13, Por the few ships at Eninetok, CTG 7.2 recreation facilities were nade available. Japten Island at Eniwetok, where the Mavy reo226 LT