needs on that island. (This requirement was later satis-— fied by the installation of a cable from Parry to Eniwetok.) Some of the recommendations were approved, some were altered and, in general, the longer range aspects of the rehabilitation program were incorporated into the overall five-year plan which had been under development since October, 1953, and which continued to be the matter of planning and discussion throughout Operation CASTLE. Rehabilitation and clean-up on Eniwetok Island were immediately initiated by TG 7.2, with the aid of Holmes and Narver, and proved to be of such magnitude that the project was not completed until Dec- ember of 1953. This necessary rehabilitation did not occur without placing a unique handicap upon the normal activities of the Army Task Group. The majority of the man-hours required was necessarily supplied by Army Task Group personnel with a corresponding disruption in the normal pattern of training and operations. This was a particular disadvantage inasmuch as many of the replacement personnel arriving at Eniwetok for duty were lacking in the experience and training necessary for the jobs they were to perform. Though this condition was of a general, military-wide nature, it proved particularly dis- ‘ruptive at Eniwetokat the time because of the necessity for instituting a dual program of rehabilitation along with a minimum training schedule. In one sense, Typhoon HESTER (as it was named) struck Eniwetok 24