CHAPTER JI, SECTION 4 MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION. To support the REDWING Operation adequately, numerous miscellaneous jobs were accomplished under the Expendable Test Facilities Program. Progress of these items was reported as shown in Chart No. 2-3 underthe fol- lowing three categories: User’s Test Facilities; Miscellaneous Test Construction Other Than Scientific Stations; and Miscellaneous Expendable Construction-Including Reimbursable. The “User’s Test Facilities’ construction projects were accomplished on many islands of Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls. These facilities were required by scientific personnel for instrumentation and operational purposes. Included in this catagory were the grading and stabilizing of areas for parking of User‘s vans, the provision of water, power, and other services to these areas, the construction of numerous tents for use in connection with User’s vans, the installation of security fencing and lighting for des- ignated restricted areas, the construction of a number of MP guard shacks, the construction of an animal shelter and exercise building on David, clearing and grading for additional roads, the construction of helicopter mats near critical stations, and other like items. Illustrative of the extent and type of work required under the category of “Miscellaneous Test Construction Other Than Scientific Stations” are the following: Establish Station 1612 mock-up at trailer lot on Elmer, including grading, a concrete pad, and a framed rain shed over an instrument mount. Construct a float 14’ long with 5’ beam of %” plywood decked and fitted with a 3’x 3’ hatch. Rehabilitate Janet airstrip and grade 150’ x 300’ along oneside of runway. Construct LST landing ramp adjacent to deep water pier, Elmer. Provide pit latrines at Stations 5, 6, 7, 23 and 24. Rehabilitate Building 341. Repair and test air conditioning and public address system. Construct 72 8-man tents, for tempo- rary housing, Elmer. Construct 15-tent slabs on Fred (tents erected by military personnel). Construct a 96-man decontamination station, sites Elmer and Nan. Demolish Sandstone Gamma Baker Station, IVY Station 202, CASTLE Station 1211, and GREENHOUSE Station 20K. Page 2-196 Provide earth berms around Nan power house (NA-500) and Station 70. Install four poles and one power outlet for User-furnished Rhombic antenna. tion. Construct new Coca triangulation sta- Support Eniwetok Marine Biological Laboratory. Under the category “Miscellaneous Expendable Construction’”’ were numerous small jobs of modifications to existing facilities, such as replacements or additions of electrical fixtures which normally could not be classified as maintenance. For the control of expenditures for such work at Fred, an “Atcom Advance Fund” was established, against which the Atoll Com- mander could obligate funds for the betterment of established facilities. Included under this category in support of REDWING were the following items: VHF propagation tests to determine the feasibility of VHF circuits for inter- atoll communications. Transfer of one generator from the Fred to the Nan powerhouse. (Similar generator in Nan powerhouse damaged beyond economical repair during CASTLE.) Construction of decontamination barge for use in case operations at Bikini were shifted to bases afloat as in CASTLE. Construction of helicopter pads at sites Leroy, How, Uncle, Bruce and David. (Helicopter landings not provided in temporary camp construction.) Construction of approximately 75 additional (wooden) clothes lockers. (Shortage of clothes lockers was due to increase in participating personnel beyond that anticipated.) Installation of navigation ranges for small craft approaching Nan, Gene and Yvonne. (Required to facilitate entry of marine craft by night to meet needs of scientific personnel.) Under the category ‘Miscellaneous Expendable Construction-Reimbursable” were those projects of a more or less permanent base char acter accomplished by the Contractor for AEC but funded by other agencies. Constructed under this category were the following: Weather stations at Tarawa, Kapingamar ingi, Kusaie and Rongerik. Modification to Building 15, Fred. Annex to Rad-Safe, Building 221, Elmer. Tie-down anchors andstatic grid, Fred.