‘ we - 9. when it was determined thare were no serious injuries among them, were moved to Ebeye, a small island connected with Kwajalein by a reef. watched them prepare to leave for their home. tent city. I They had been living in a They were taking it back with them on the LST 1157. The natives and their personal belongings were brought to the LST by landing craft, As they were walking to it from the smaller craft, a salty boatswain mate barked: "All right, let's get some swabbies out there to help these old folks." The sailors swarmed onto the smaller vessel and literally carried aboard some of the aged, feebler natives. Aboard already was neerly 100 tons of cargo for the Utirik natives to take home. The natives were assigned living quarters in one portion of the ship. Travelling with them were Jack Tobin, Marshallese speaking anthropologist for the Trust Territory; Dr. S. H. Riesenberg, staff anthropologist who is on leave from the University of Hawaii; and Marion Wilds, District Administrator Representative for the Trust Territory on Ebeye. Lt. Comdr. Richard S. Scott, Jr., skipper of the LST had arranged for hiw own ships cooks to feed the natives during their probable two or three Gay stay aboard ship. The natives, he said, would use the crews mess hall and would in addition to what the crew was fed have sufficient fish and rice, two main items in the Marshallese diet. Unloading the 100 tons of cargo was going to present a problem. The Utirik lagoon is studded with coral heads, making it unsafe for a ship . that size to enter. Lt. Comdr. Joseph W. Tilford, executive officer, said the cargo would be loaded in small boats and then taken on a seven mile run to their home island... (more)