ROBERT EK, MILLER

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THROUGH JUNE. WORK INCLUDED REMOVAL OF STEEL AND WOODEN TOWERS, DEMOLITION OF
OLD WOODEN STRUCTURES, CONCRETE SIABS, CONCRETE AND STEEL JUNCTION BOXES,
ANCHOR BLOCKS, FOOTINGS AMD FOUNDATIONS, DISPOSAL AT SEA OF APPROXIMATELY
400 TONS OF SCRAP (DEEP SIXING OF SCRAP WAS DONE UTILIZING THE LCU COMMENCING

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MARCH 28 AND TWO BARGES IN MAY-JUNE), AND DISPOSAL BY BURIAL OF APPROXIMATELY
L800 TONS OF SCRAP AND DEBRIS AND 2600 TONS OF CONCRETE RUBBLE. IN ADDITION,
APPROXIMATELY 800 TONS OF CONCRETE RUBBLE WERE USED AS RIP-RAP AT ENDS OF
RUNWAY AND AT CAMP BLANDY BEACH, AND APPROXIMATELY 3000 TONS OF CONCRETE
RUBBLE WERE USED AS BACKF ILL AT THE LST DOCK AREA AND THE MAIN DOCK AREA,
CONCRETE BUNKERS WERE STRIPPED OF ALL EXPOSED METAL AND CLEANED OUT; BERMS
AND CORAL FILL REMOVED AND USED TO FILL OVER SCRAP PIT AND LOW AREAS, CLEARED
AREAS SUCH AS AROUND BUNKERS, THE DOCK AREA, THE OLD CAMP AREA, AND EQUIPMENT
YARD WERE GRADED AND VEGETATION PUSHED INTO COMPOST PILES. SALVAGEABLE BUILDINGS
WERE CLEANED OUT AND LEFT INTACT. FINAL WORK ON ENYU HAS CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY
IN JULY AND AUGUST AS FILL-IN WORK, STRIPPING FOR AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM REMAINS.
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EXPLORATORY WORK WAS DONE ON BIKINI (NAN) MARCH 3-5.

AND CLEANUP COMMENCED MARCH 24, WAS COMPLETED JULY 19.

ACTUAL DEMOLITION

THE WORK WAS HAMPERED

BY THE DENSE JUNGLE GROWTH AND THE DISCOVERY OF "UNKNOWN" ABANDONED CONSTRUCT LON
EQUIPMENT SCATTERED THROUGH THEJUNGLE ADDED TO THE DIFFICULTIES.

WORK

INCLUDED DOZING APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES OF PARALLEL STRIPS on ‘$8-Foor CENTERS
TO FACILITATE THE PLANTING OF COCONUTS, REMOVAL OF STEEL AND WOODEN TOWERS,
DEMOLITION OF OLD WOODEN STRUCTURES, CONCRETE SLABS AND REVETMENTS, CONCRETE
AND STEEL JUNCTION BOXES, ANCHOR BLOCKS, FOOTINGS AND FOUNDATIONS, AND DISPOSAL
BY BURIAL OF APPROXIMATELY 15,000 TONS OF CONCRETE RUBBLE, SCRAP IRON,

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