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trusses, corrugated aluminum roofs, and shutter
windows. Painiing was used only on the interiors
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CONSTRUCTION, Construction started on this
camp immediately upon authorization and the
work progressed continuously from the beachhead camp on through the expansion, with no
major construction problems, to final completion
on 31 December 1953. Figure 2-41 is an aertal
photograph of the completed camp.

work was not undertaken as the population of
the Tare camp never reached iC0QO men.
ENGINEERING. The design requirments were
basically the same as other temporary expendable camps, using wood-frame construction with
plywood covering on concrete slabs, prefab wood

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and layouts, using a standard width and a module of four-foot increments were developed for
such buildings as warchouses, latrines, shops,
mess hall, ete.. making for quick and economical
erection. The field Engineering Division prepared the camp layout studies and processed the
construction plaas, developing typical designs
used in construction of the varieus facilities, The
Tare camp was used as the headquarters camp
for Bikini Atoll and for the construction af
Scientific Stations located on sites Tare, Sugar, Roger, Peter and Oboe, and for the Peter-

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