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commanded by Captain James T. Scullary, USA. Their mission was to
construct concrete slabs for the buildings at Lojwa Base Camp.46
The date, 17 May 1977, marked anotherarrival at Enewetak Atoll. On
Japtan Island, a baby boy was born, the greatgrandsonofIroij Johannes
Peter. He was the first dri-Enewetak to be born on theatoll since the
people were removed in 1947,
These events and the status of mobilization efforts were reported in
weekly situation reports (SITREPs) from the CJTG to Field Command.
Field Command extracted the items of general interest and issued its own
weekly SITREPto all activities concerned with the Enewetak Cleanup
Project and Rehabilitation Program.47.48
LOJWA CAMP CONSTRUCTION: MAY-NOVEMBER 1977
During Congressional hearings, a Senate staff member had advised
DNA that a recent study by the Army indicated that the military depots
had on hand a numberof tents and prefabricated base camp components
that could be used in the cleanup project to minimize costs of camp
construction. Under the original concept in CONPLAN 1-76, the base
camp at Lojwa was to employ these tents, prefabricated buildings, field
kitchens, and latrines for approximately 400 troops. CONPLAN I-76
projected that it would take 2 months for construction of this prefab
camp.49
After the CONPLANwasfinalized in September1976, the Services were
contacted to determine actual availability of the base camp components,
such as the Air Force special purpose portable kitchen and messhall. The
Air Force advised Field Commandthat there were not enough complete,
serviceable units on hand for the cleanup project. During the second
Enewetak Planning Conference, it was learned that the prefabricated base
camp componentswerenotin depotstocks, but consisted of drawings and
bills of material. Additionally, the Army planners determined that tents
would not besatisfactory for a 3-year project and that more comfortable
and durable facilities would be required. They developed preliminary plans
for a camp which would take a minimum of 7 months to construct, at an
estimated cost of about $3.4 million. This was reduced by $500,000 when
the Army wasable to provide a powerplant from their Nontactical Power
Generation Program.
The design and construction of the camp was a joint effort by 84th
Engineer Battalion personnel in Hawaii and H&N, based on a Field
Command-USASCH memorandum of agreementdated 7 March 1977. At
the first design conference on 19 March 1977, it was agreed that the
battalion would construct all general purpose buildings on Lojwa, provide