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Construction commenced immediately.
Showers, latrines, a mess
hall, quarters and other installations were put up in record time.
A well was dug, reefers and an electrical system were set up.
Later
on, still banks for distillation of water were brought in.
However, all men were not used on housekeeping construction.
On
3 January 1948, an improvised landing strip for light aircraft was
completed.
This strip, approximately 700 feet long, needed continual
maintenance throughout the period of the operation.
Twice a day the
strip had to be wet down and took many man hours of labor until a
sprinkling system was developed which did the job in a relatively
short time.
Light aircraft were thus able to bring in Army and AEC
personnel very quickly this making it fairly easy for important
project work ‘on Runit (and other islands) to be inspected daily.
Were it not for light air transportation, project work would have
been delayed due to the lack of adequate water transportation and
the length of time it would take to travel by water.
On 8 January 1948, a Medical Detachment consisting of one Medical
Officer-and three EM arrived on Runit.
Capt aqua, \.c.,
immediately set up a Field Dispensary in one of the buildings provided
for his use.
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According to plan, Company "E" was assigned approximately thirty-
one projects to complete on both Runit and Aniyaanii Islands.
All
projects were completed on or before specified completion dates.
Atomic
Inmergy Commission personnel stationed on Runit were well pleased with
the efficiency in which the men of Company "E" completed their assigned
tasks.
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