Hq, WREP, Subj: Report on Visit to Rongerik Atoll (Cont'd)
h,
Wind Equipment AN/GMD-1 was checked and operated
satisfactorily.
i. Tho food in the chill and freczc walk-in type refrigerators was disposed of by dumping in the occan,
4. The 17 ft Navy Surf Boat has disappeared, Item was attached
by a rope to the buoy in the lagoon when personnel were ovacuatod
on 2 March 1954. It is believed that itom has sunk to bottom of
lagoon or has washed out to sea,
5.
<A survey of the arsas indicates that personnel were ovac-
uated in such a manner that sufficitnt time was not available for
properly storing or sccuring many itoms.
JOSEPH W McDANIEL
lst Lt,
WS AF
Deputy Commandor
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