a * my . y: ” ‘ ' 5 - “> ss A elroy * i we Dee “ ° . Ghassemi Meietted are Eon oe - mo ! Ba . -4 we wes og 7 13 . - ae . an : Pa, foe SONS ap Litre ill jacketed breakin)MarDied itSA te . .s 4 Shit Raciala - -oo4 a ani oe -~1G- seasick, Vhen we arrived at Ronpelap ve were met by Lhe new elected magistrates Jobwe, and his predecessor, Nick. ‘They were very cordial and urged. us to set up operalions in the new dispeusary ashore. The ship immediately procured the oid drum raft which had been Jefe on the island, way and ship-to-shore shuttling began. This was placed uider the gans- The only procedures that vere reyuired to be performed aboard chip were the dental extractions and x-ray slic stay on Rongelap was uneventful until the final evening when we were proper ing to show a movie for the village. While the medical staff and the crew of the ship were setting up a projector, a young male Jiving on Rougelap, who we Later discovercd had becn drtnukine vada, wont berserk and allewpled to ren over anybody he could hit with his Toyota truehk. fn the process of bis wiedent ectheais, be ran over the projection ft dita and the Stle cua: trovarveu, by tho nobody was ‘injured and ald members of Lhe EXG medica damediately returned to tie chip. Lean and osracs af Cent, afots orcs ‘hereafter the magistrate aud Rich cowe out to the ship and requested that ve notify Najuro immediately, requesting a police i to accompany the next field trip ship to plaee the young man under arrest for erty corayated assault, IT don’t believe that his actions were directed against BNY/DC: or the slip directly, but were rather as a result of uncontrolled fury secondary to iutoxication. The people of Rongelap apolopized profusely aud wo indicated to thew that we understood the situation and that they were not held respousthle for his actions. On the following day we departed for Utirik. moderate Lo heavy swells. Again we ran inte The shipwos pitching so badly that Captain Coberly chose to tack across the waves at 4.5 knots Lo prevent excessive hull stradn. i He had originally atLempted to-head directly into the seas. hea 2ag vould slam through the seas and The ship, in pounding then develop a prolonged Pn low-frequency oscillation that was induced by the heavy 30 ten crane moidships. ene e * UE £ beep osm zt leet bet ENa ere Catt Se Me ~ a