existing buildings also at that point were designated as air operations and base engineering shops. An isolated compound for NRDL and the Chemical Warfare Service was provided at the eastward end of the strip. The general airport facilities on the south side of the runway consisted of a 2,300-foot-long plane park and a group of buildings near the center of the south edge of the strip. These housed the control tower, base operations, Air Task Group Headquarters, liaison plane operations and maintenance, a crash truck, weather data facilities, and radar. The existing perimeter road around the west end of the island was straightened to facilitate the lengthening of the runway and the creation of the plane park. A turn-off was added to serve the facilities along the drone park, and another was added south of the runway to accommodate the facilities in that area. North of the airstrip, on the lagoon shore, a cargo pier and fuel dump had previously been built. Nearby were 12 warehouses, and farther along the perimeter road were 19 more warehouses. Because these installations were in fair condition, because they were sufficiently distant from the airstrip so as not to interfere with operations, and because ample space for open storage was also available there, the area was planned as a freight receiving area. These facilities were expanded and improved by the addition of a POL area and the lengthening of the cargo pier. Adjacent to the existing electronics warehouse west of the POL area was placed the permanent receiver station and its power plant. With the airfield, freight receiving, and POL facilities occupying the west half of the island and the communications installation occupying its far east end, there remained for the cantonment area only the narrow east central strip of the island, 3000 feet long and an average 350 feet wide. Careful planning was required to accommodate over 2,800 men on this limited site and maximize the utilization of those existing structures which could economically be rehabilitated, The existing eastwest road, favorably located on the lee side, was straightened to leave maximum area free for the camp. The 8-man tent quarters were placed in staggered rows facing into the breeze, and their accessory shower and latrine buildings were placed at the downwind ends of alter- nate rows. This arrangement kept the shower and latrine buildings in a line along the road and facilitated the economical installation of water and sewer lines. Two housing groups were planned, one for the Army and the other for the Air Force. The Army housing was placed east of the Army Task Group Headquarters; the Air Force housing was placed at the west end of the camp, nearest the airfield. Between the two and easily accessible were the mess hall, bakery, commissary, and reefer buildings. East of the mess hall and facing the east-west road were placed the fire sta~ tion, laundry, and post exchange. Between the laundry and post exchange, but off the road, was located an open air movie theatre which could accommodate USO shows, Also in this area, but fronting the ocean and isolated from the other buildings and their accompanying noises, was the infirmary with its two ward buildings. 5-50 The easternmost