exceeded thoee anticipated. Dr. Roy Carlson, of the AEC staff, was
available to assist in supervisingall concrete operations. His assistance was invaluable.
A central carpenter shop on Fkgebi prefabricatedbuilding forms
for all islands. Where construction schedules permitted, forms stripped
from buildings at Engebi were sent to the other islands for reuse.
Partici~ting services of the Army and Navy designed and requested
constructionand placing of certain structures. ~ch of these or@nizations furnished the required materials. The following of their
representativesassisted in the sqer~sion
of the constructionor
installationof the items in which they were interested:
Office, Chief of ‘Ik@neers
Major J. M. DeBardeleben
Mr. R. C. Linthicum
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Lt.,Cmdr. J. A. Erickson
Bureau of ships
Lt. Vicars
Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery
Capt. H. Ilraeger
On 14 March 1948, with the work substantially (g@) completed, 2
officers and 48 enlisted men of the 18th Engineers departed Engebi.
The balance of the company was held for housekeeping,assisting AEC
prsonnel in the installationof teclnical equip~nt and services, and .
completing the ftil cleanup of the island. On 6 April 191+8,the remainder
of all constructionand auintenance persomel was removed from Engebi
Island and the construction phase was completed.
Appended to this report are the following statistical data pertaining
to the construction of l!hgebiIsland:
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