LJ CHAPTER VI, SECTIONS 3 and 4 With the exception of certain personnel required to stay ashore for scientific support functions and emergency evacuation capabilities, all TG 7.5 personnel were evacuated to sea from Johnston Island for both the TEAK and ORANGE events. For the TEAK event, 24 people remained ashore; for the ORANGE event, 25. To provide maximum safety to these persons, a muster plan was effected whereby all personnel were known to be in their assigned underground bunkers 30 minutes prior to shottime. Due to sea conditions at the USS BOXER anchorage, the original plan to use the LCM craft and the personnel float as the principal means of personnel evacuation was discarded. In lieu of this, a personnel cage was designed and fabricated by H&N which permitted a safe and expeditious means of personnel transfer from the deck of LCU craft to the hangar deck of the USS BOXER.To preclude the possibility of not meeting deadline evacuation schedules, 187 persons were evacuated on D minus 1 Day of the TEAK event. From the experience gained during the TEAK evacuation, it was possible to delete the D minus 1 Day withdrawal and evacuate the entire afloat contingent of 880 persons on the ORANGE D-Day. Both evacuations were accomplished without mishap. SECTION 4 ROLL-UP The roll-up phase began with the return of equipment from the temporary camp sites. The newer equipment was selected to go into storage, leaving the older equipment in operation for later overhaul and mothballing. All heavy equipment, including rock-crushers and batch plants, was sandblasted and painted prior to lubricating and cocooning. Due to climatic conditions, equipment with movingparts could not be placed in a true dead-storage status, since this equipment had to be moved and operated each week to preclude freezing of moving parts bysalt air corrosion. Detailed roll-up plans were prepared by A/CS E-3, TG 7.5, for Sites Yvonne and Janet. The phase-out of equipment and materials at these two locations was planned and effected on the basis of camp population and related support during the roll-up period. Appointed representatives of E-3 coordinated this planning with the Site Evacuation Officers to enable the fullest utilization of camp facilities required for convenient billeting and still maintain the capability of a complete facility evacuation by a given hour on D minus 1 Day. A departure from prior roll-up operations was the retention of the majority of landing craft at EPG. Following the completion of previous Operations, the landing craft on loan from the Military which were in excess of the needs of the interim period were returned for overhaul and de-activation. However, during Operation HARDTACK a complete appraisal of the work involved was undertaken, and it was determined that the overhaul and de-activation could be performed as economically at the EPG as in a Navy Yard. Keeping this type of craft at the EPG has the decided advantage of availability when required for a future Operation and permits essential modifications for the type of services that will be needed. a rsccna “Mmesree 7 Prior to the CACTUS event on Yvonne and the KOA event on Gene, the camps at Yvonne and Janet were rolled up on 5 May and 9 May 1958 respectively, and personnel, Property, and equipment were evacuated to mer. Camp facilities at Sites How and George were phased out subsequent to the decision of CJTF-7 to move the missile facilities required for the TEAK and ORANGEevents to Johnston Island. Priority was given to the removal and transshipment of scientific items, which precluded scheduling the evacuation of the camp facilities. ee et (Neg. No. W-V-387-3) Figure No. 6-1. MV. ALOTO During Roll-Up of Ujelang. Page 451