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to the north of the zero point for use in any surveys that might
be made in this direction.
The stakes on the test islands were not
located on a systematic radial manner from the zero point as was the
case in test X-RAY, because the engineer structures were located
in a cleared strip extending along the lagoon side of the islands
and about 300 yards wide.
It was planned to ignore, for all practical
purposes, the extensive palm grove on the portion of the island toward
the ocean, and which was expected to become a mass of tangled rubble
as a result of the test.
All of the island survey monitors were
thoroughly briefed.
Because of the evidence of fall-out from the X- RAY test, it
was decided by higher authority to maintain monitors on the destroyer
patrols until YOKE~plus 4.
Accordingly a monitor was assigned to
each of the following destroyers:
USS TUCKER (DDR 875)
USS SPANGLER (DE 696)
‘USS GEORGE (DE 697) .
TOKE
A cloud resulting from the explosion of theatomic weapon
was Still plainly evident thousands of feet above the zero island
when the four helicopters came in on the southern tip of the island
for a landing.
hour.
The landing was made about twenty minutes after H
Major @§§@ in a jeep with Dr. Qe and
vent
along the land cable to assist in recovering the samples at various
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