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C F Dunlap
5 July 1957
Surveys of Weather Station Sites at Rongelap,
Page 3
Utirik, Wotho and Ujelang Atolls
1355
Crew came aboard.
U435
Airborne.
1555
Arrived at Eniwetok,
Tobin and Curran to Elmer on 1-20, remainder
to Elmer by truck and M-boat.
All arriving at. 1650. .
& July 1957
0710
Departed Elmer airstrip on H-19.
0725
Party at UF-~1 on Fred airstrip.
074,0
Crew arrived.
0820
Airborne.
0915
Landed off weather station site, Ujelang.
0955
Surveyors, Tobin, Gergely aboard raft.
getting underway. Paddled ashore.
1015
Ashore, commenced survey.
1200
Completed survey. Native sleeping hut, warehouse and copra shed on
site. Tobin states that they will -emain and the lease will be 30
Motor quit immediately after
;
drawn.”
1330
Arranged with native to take surveyors to UF-1 in rowboat.
1350
Boarded UF-1, reported to Emens.
1502
Tobin, Gergely and Sideris came aboard.
site:
Sideris went ashore in native rowboat.
The following trees are on the
85 Coconuts
30 Pendanis
Natives report 2 coconut and 2 pandanus destroyed during construction.
Area estimated at 1 acre.
1520
Airborne,
1620
Arrived at Eniwetok,
1705
Arrived gite Elmer,
General:
Tobin remained to continue aboard UF-1 to Kwajalein,
remainder of party to site Elmer by truck and M~boat.
Each site fell within a single W&ato.
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