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On that date LST 618 with the construction force on board departed for
PARRY Island.
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Construction under the Third Phase of the program commenced
whena construction force boarded LST 618 at ENYU Island, Bikini Atoll,
on 25 May 1957. The vessel anchored off RONGELAPIsland on the morning of 26 May and dispatched a boat ashore to pick up four council mem- .
bers who had remained on the island.
The vessel then proceeded to
ENIAETOK, where it beached at 0815 hours that day, and work commenced
shortly thereafter.
On 27 May with the construction crews ashore at
ENIAETOK, the LST with six construction men journeyed to RONGELAP
Island, where it unloaded materials destined for that site and then returned
to ENIAETOK Island.
Here seven living quarters, one church, seven
latrines, six eating houses, seven bath houses, and five new community
cisterns were constructed by 1 June 1957.
At 1300 hours that date the LST departed for RONGELAPIsland.
At the close of two and one-half working days 21 living quarters were
erected to floor level. At the end ofone week 11 houses were completed,
as were all latrines, six bath houses, and two eating houses.
Work pro-
gressed at a rapid pace; on 14 June all construction, except final cleanup, was completed.
Each of the four Native Council members expressed
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lages. On 17 June 1957, 10 days ahead of schedule, the constructioncrews
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his satisfaction with the houses and the general reconstruction of the vil-