Te representatives, Meanvhile the‘Femdinder of the beach party had succeeded.in Lanting on theisland by, wading over the rest, Their boat returned, ; picked up the sireratt'spassengers and placed then ashore. the Blane. departed shortly for Kwajalein, ye ewe aM ee a + SRA dae aeps teat ne we o wt ¢ wh,° rp hsi Jemtas on tae 12. The mhaleboat recomoitering the reef hadbeen unable to find a break in dt so itwas decided that the evacu- j ’ 2 ation‘would be carried _oub_by by shuttling the natives over the reef on a liferaft, where they would be transferred to the whaleboate ‘and ‘taken bo . ‘the ship. 8 13. aBe ee ”~ Ty! + The RadSafe team ‘in the beach party suiveyed the island ona : found radiation intensities of from 100 to 150ae/ar over the entire’ 4. . « ; ‘area, Four arinidig water” samples were collected, The novenent to the : ‘ship was ‘began at 1050." ath considerable assistance fromthenative . “men, ‘the. MarshalleseorgHaken to ¢ ‘the chipintea.mhaleboat trips. .Abou wear. - a 1200,,with the“evacuation balt” completed,“che ‘ind,began to freshen, st ~~ we. wz . and‘the raft inuseearly upset. A second raft was brought dn, the -_nuuberSeperscas iaeach,rest‘trip ‘reduced, and the evacuation“speeded | up. ‘Yost of the women, ehiléredand aged werealready aboard‘EniSHAT, ant " no “one had been injured.‘beyond a ten coral‘cats.’ The Last raft ‘left the beach at 1245. A total of o4 persons were taken aboard RENSHAN: at ie, 35 women and 52childared under 16. At 1300 RENSHAW departed beanie for’ Kwajalein. At 1345 USS MUNRO joined RENSHAW, and accompanied her to Kwajalein, yhere she was returned to her normal duties.., 14. —T2. PHILIP arrived at Krajalein at 0830 on 4 March, and RENSHAW CO RENSHAW ltr serial 038 of 18 March 1954 F e