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CHAPTER IV, SECTION 1
CHAPTER IV
SERVICE OPERATIONS
SECTION |
CAMP OPERATIONS
GENERAL.
cause of congestion at several of the camps
during the period of peak activity, these standards could not always be maintained. This congestion engendered many operating problems,
all of which, were eventually overcome without
any threat to the health and safety of personnel.
All personnel of Joint Task Force SEVEN
were housed, fed, and furnished with the usual
camp services at the Contractor-operated facili-
ties (except those men quartered in Naval vessels, at David and Fred, and on the weather
station islands where thefacilities were operated
by the military services). The peak number of
After the completion of CASTLE, only the
base camp at Elmer was operated. In Decem-
personnel supported by the Contractor was
4,643; this total was reached on 23 April 1956.
ber 1954, construction was started for the portof-entry and base camp for Bikini Atoll (Nan).
Operating from these two bases, shot-island
camps were established at sites Ursula, Yvonne,
Life on the atolls was subject to many
restrictions due to the geography and security
regulations. Housing and messing facilities were
and Gene in Eniwetok Atoll, and at Tare and
Fox in Bikini Atoll; limited camp facilities
were established at Wotho, Ujelang and Uterik.
Charts 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, and 4-7
show total H&N employees and personnel sup-
crowded, and the men were under the tension
of a tight construction schedule affording a
minimum of opportunity for normal relaxation.
In maintaining a high level of morale under
such conditions, the quality of food and the
comfort of housing facilities becomes especially
important to the individual; consequently, every
reasonable effort was made to provide the highest practicable camp standards. However, be-
ported by H&N at each camp for the period
of the REDWING Operation. The dates of
activation and deactivation of each camp with
their respective peak populations are tabulated
below:
DATE
OF PEAK
POPULATION
PERSONNEL
AT PEAK
POPULATION
CAMP
DATE
ACTIVATED
Elmer
Base Camp
*5 May 1956
*2,751
Yvonne
17 May 1955
20 Mar. 1956
393
300
30 May 1956
3 May 1955
24 April 1955
288
350
29 April 1956
Gene
23 Aug. 1955
6 April 1956
189
125
29 April 1956
Nan
11 Dec. 1954
24 May 1956
891
1,000
15 Aug. 1956
Fox
8 June 1955
20 April 1956
285
200
9 May 1956
Tare
19 July 1955
21 April 1956
277
200
26 May 1956
15 Feb. 1956
May 1956
12
6 Aug. 1956
3 April 1956
May 1956
15
31 July 1956
12 April 1956
May 1956
10
5 Aug. 1956
Ursula
Wotho
Ujelang
Uterik
*
DESIGNED
CAPACITY
DATE
EVACUATED
**2 208
During evacution of Ursula, Yvonne and Gene
** Without double bunks.
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