VEMORANDUM FOR
SUBJECT:
TE
3° VER
10 March 1954
Repott woortl and Water
Sampling Misston
1.
In compliance: with your orai instructions, tho undersigned visitod ‘Notjo,
2.
Tho first four atolls were visited by Marshalleso intcrproteor Takushi
Erikub, Maloolap, Wotho, Majure «tolls 11 the Marshall Islands 5 through 7 March
1954 for the purpos: af obtaining sarth and drinking water samples, and of mcasuring gamma way wos. rates, and also chouxcd th: radiological condition of the S.S.
ROQUE on its arrive. at (adure 7 March 1984,
and the writer by oceans of an UF-1 amphiczicus aircraft, Majuro was reached by
C-47,.
Erikub cight have boen omitted atico it was not inhabited, boing property
of the Wotjo trib. which goos thr
«sly «casicnally to gather copra.
(This ws
unknown until after toe risit,)
3. At cacn atolu, mly tho princip.i inhabited island was visited, At cach
visited islend in erfert was made to compose a reprosentativo soil avcrago by
collecting into a single container scver:l samples, cach appraximtcly ono squar
foot of arca anion inci dopth. Watsr actplics wore collectcd from tho princip:
sources currontiy io
ArCAS.s
oo.se
ho ganme
ics
rit g arc aweregos for the inhabited
4. With rogarc to certain minor discrepancias betwoen the survey mcthods usby Major R. D. rea and tho writer; it wes originally plannod to perform the surt
Jointly, and when it bwccamo advisable tc scparato and survey difforent atolls, no
time romainod for discussion of d-tails -f *oehniquos,.
5. Gamma-ray iosc ratos on Wotjs and on Erikub aro cach the averago of MX-5
and AN/PDR~39 averag: roadings which agreed reasonably woll. Tho MX-5 was rendes
fnoperative whan th. rubber life raft was swamped by surf on the first attompt to
launch from the beach at Erikub. Following tho Wotho survey, the PDR~39 dovelopec
a teomperaturce—dupendsnt reading of O.. - ¢ w/hr so that later readings in this
range arc <f very iniour rclfabi ie.
The follow: c.g t.puletian c.ye.: >t. at. ll mrvey.
a
6.
Water Sample:
ATOLL
ISLAND
WOTJE
ORMED
TATE
dar
TRE
-vAPLE NC
Lat
S is Sail, Wis
ARAHR & SAMPLING
3.5 ar/hr, lebcach, 3-aid-vill.
age, l-back village.
* well plus 4 catch basin.
FRIKUB
ERI!
vas
OL”
.
ee
..5 ofhr.
l-mid-village, 1
mn path to beach. No inhabit‘nts, no water supply found.
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