eters CHAPTER 1!, SECTION 1 CHAPTER| INTRODUCTION “Trig rate SECTION | meteral 2 mq7t las am ah oc ftimcl ET he or es lrg “Me “Te mop a maan. int FO poe tm ara ree te mw TES ecs, arg a tes ancags.on Sr revetation of which r any maior ogo an unaucnorized person ls prohibited by aw.” NARRATIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND. Operation REDWING marks the fourth consecutive test series in which Holmes & Narver, Inc. has participated as the Architect-Engineer-Construction-Management Contractor for the Pacific Proving Ground under contract with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, during the past eight years. The original criteria esta- blished for the guidance of the Contractor in the fall of 1948 covered the development of certain facilities at Eniwetok Atoll, limited in scope and degree of permanence to two Test Operations. From this beginning, subsequent assignments advanced to extensive programs involving the engineering, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of a semi-permanent base; and the engineering and construction of scien- tific test facilities required to serve four Test Operations - GREENHOUSE, IVY, CASTLE, and REDWING. The recognition of Eniwetok Atoll as a semi-permanent base in 1952 focused attention on the desirability of a Master Plan for long range improvement of the Proving Ground. Accordingly, the Manager, Eniwetok Field Office, SFOO, later designated Deputy Director, Test Division, Albuquerque Operations Office, requested the Contractor to prepare engineering design studies and cost estimates for a program to meet the then known requirements. This plan wasfirst submitted in October 1952. With each succeeding Test Operation, other requirements developed, and the plan was revised after CASTLE, and now again upon completion of REDWING. Many of the facilities that were proposed have been provided, thus enabling longterm operation of the Proving Ground. Completion Reports for the GREENHOUSE, IVY, and CASTLE Operations were furnished the Atomic Energy Commission fol- lowing each Test Operation. This report con- tinues the account of Holmes & Narver’s participation in the Pacific Proving Ground activities and covers the REDWING Operation. INTERIM PERIOD OPERATIONS. Prior to the first detonation of the CAS- TLE Operation, the Deputy Director, Test Di- vision, Albuquerque Operations Office (AEC Contract Administrator) requested that studies be made for the establishment of a temporary camp at Nan to serve as an advance base of operations for the next Test Operation in the same manner as the camp on Tare was then serving for CASTLE. Holmes & Narver wasre- quested to consider two alternatives; a complete new camp in a location best suited to future development of the island site, or a camp which utilized existing facilities. Surveys were con- ducted, camp layouts prepared and, in anticipation of future construction, structural designs of modular expendable frame buildings that could be used as standard designs were made. The camp layouts and the standard plans for the mess hall and utilities provided for expansion from a 250-man to a 500-man camp and then to a 1000-man camp. As the end of Fiscal Year 1954 approached, the Contractor was furnished a list of basic assumptions for a scientific program for Operation MILLRACE/REDWING, which was to be used in preparing a budget forecast for Fiscal Year 1955. This provided budget criteria for two barge shots in the MILLRACE Operation and two barge shots and three ground shots for REDWING. MILLRACEwas later deleted from the program and REDWING underwent many changes. The budget forecast included additional major base camp facilities consisting of eleven barracks for Fred, a deep water pier at Elmer, and a second submarine power cable between Elmer and Fred. The last detonation of CASTLE took place on 14 May 1954, after which the Contractor continued, until September 1954, a planned program for placing the Proving Ground in a standby condition. During that period particular emphasis was placed on decontamination activities, and on the rehabilitation of equipment. By September 1954, manpower for CASTLE had been reduced from the peak of 2300 men to approximately 700 men. This was the minimum practicable number in view of the existing work load and the anticipated early release of construction for the Nan camp. This force was engaged in completing the Fred airfield improvements program- authorized in July 1954-and in miscellaneous construction and upkeep. Page 1-1