trips transporting LCMs and LCUs which in turn were carrying heavy equipment that could not be carried in other types of ships. Also, whenever the LSD (BELLE GROVE) transported a shot barge from Eniwetok to Bikini, the remaining well capacity of the ship was utilized by carrying LCUs. 4.5 EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS After the BRAVO event and on the morning of 2 March, all Bikini personnel were transported to Eniwetok Atoll. TG 7,2 provided facilities for about 200 men of TG 7.2 and TG 7.4 on Eniwetok Island, TG 7.3 personnel remained aboard Naval vessels. TG 7.5 provided facilities for 1130 men from TG 7.1 and TG 7.5 on Parry Island. These men had embarked in Naval vessels with instructions to bring aboard clothing and toilet articles for one night only. The Bikini personnel overflowed the facilities at Parry. Bedding was obtained from TG 7.2 on Eniwetok and all men had mattresses and linen, On 5 March, the population on Parry was greatly reduced by returning men to Bikini and by surplussing Contractor's personnel. The men who returned to Bikini Atoll to prepare for the next event were quartered aboard Naval vessels. TG 7.5 supplied the necessary personnel aboard these vessels to supplement the Naval crews in supplying housekeeping services. These men were furnished by the Contractor and were carefully selected men who were qualified and well adapted for work aboard ship. 4.6 SUPPORT Support services as defined in the Holmes & Narver contract were related only as an assistance to the technical or scientific groups engaged in instrumentation of the test series. Generally, the units of work called for were of minor magnitude, but because each detail of the complex test technique was important, the men, equipment, fabrication, and materials fur- nished were of high concern to TG 7,5, There were 1479 Support Service work orders. issued by 78 Using Agencies or Scientific Groups, and TG 7.5 supplied construction equipment, skilled workmen, shop repairand fabrication, installation and post -test recovery ‘surveys, decontamination, packing, crating and shipping. The need for support services, was occasioned, in part, by factors which the best of long-range planning’ could not foresee.or obviate. When scientific stations wereequipped by their Users and tested, it was found necessary, occasionally, to make improvements. Some of the work involved was necesSary because of unforeseen, blast damage. Of the 179,424 man-hours expended on these services, a good proportion is attributable to the unexpected de- struction and radioactive contamination resulting from the BRAVO event. In general, however, these services were a normal aspect of the Operation. 70