road grader were shipped to Runit.
Their first tasks were to unload 110
tons of pierced planking and to shape and grade the base for the runway.
By dint of hard labor and resourcefulmess the 1000 foot lonz runway,
fifty (50) feet wide, with two graded runover end zones each 100 feet
long, was completed by 1700 hours, 19 May or in about twenty (20)
working hours.
The first plane landed on this strip at 1630 19 May
198 and the pilot declared it a perfect strip; by contrast the previous
Runit airstrip had elements of hazard due to shorter length and a
generally uneven surface.
Cleanup was effected on the morning of 20 May
and the working party and equipment returned to Eniwetok to resume other
roll-up activities.
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