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CHAPTER IV, SECTION 1

CHAPTER IV
SERVICE OPERATIONS
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CAMP OPERATIONS
GENERAL.
The Service Operations Division was supervised by a General Supervisor, wmo wasassisted
by two Assistant General Supervisors in administering the responsibilities of the Division. The
Division was composed of three departments:

Camp Operations, Marine Operations, and Power
and Distillation Operations. The number of
personnel in the Division varied from 287 on
31 December 1956 to a peak of 1035 on 21 April
1958.
CAMP OPERATIONS.
The Camp Operations Department was responsible for operating and maintaining a system
of facilities and service adequate to provide an

acknowledged standard of living at EPG. The

Department was directly supervised by a Camp
Supervisor aided by various assistants responsible
for functions within the Department. All person-

nel of JTF-7 were housed, fed, and furnished

with other community services at Contractoroperated facilities, except those quartered on

naval vessels, those on Fred and David, and

those at Weather Stations operated by military
personnel. The community services included
Company Stores, Beach Clubs, Refreshment and
Snack Bars, and postal and laundry services.
The Contractor-supported personnel peak of
5280 was reached on 22 April 1958.
After the completion of Operation REDWING, only the main camp at Elmer remained
activated; all other camps were rolled up and
abandoned. In May 1957 the camp at Nan was
re-activated. Operating from Elmer in Eniwetok
and Nan in Bikini Atoll, the off-island camps
were established. Rad-safety Stations were established from the main base camp on Elmer.
Limited campfacilities were also provided afloat
by outfitting 5 LCU’s as houseboats, which were
primarily used for the support of the Scientific
project personnel during mstrumentation and
recovery periods at sites where camp facilities
were not available.
Requisitioning of equipment and supplies to
support the large influx of personnel for the
operational phase was initiated in the latter
months

of

1957.

By mid-January,

however,

DESIGNED
CAPACITY

PERAK
POPULATION

PEAK
DATE

ELMER

2,707*

3,195

4-30-58

Continuing

Continuing

JANET

352

213

4-11-58

10-2-57

5-7-58

YVONNE

280

276

4-2-58

12-16-57

4-28-58

FRED**

—

448

4-28-58

—

4-25-58

5-27-57

8-19-58

SITE

DATE
DATE
ACTIVATED DE-ACTIVATED

—

NAN

1,248

1,308

HOW

312

317

4-7-58

11-4-57

4-27-58

64

65

4-10-58

3-9-58

4-23-58

312

213

4-15-58

11-18-57

7-16-58

GEORGE
OBOE
RONGELAP

16

3-12-58

8-15-58

UJELANG

16

3-22-58

8-7-58

UTIRIK

30

3-21-58

8-9-58

WOTHO

24

3-17-58

8-15-58

*Single Deck Bunks.
**TG 7.5 and 7.1 only.
Table No. 4-1.

Camps Operated by H&N.
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