: y 4 4 *, hie MM ont ». Ye] aia | aN ee ’ when he says in his report of the operations "The Marshallese were excellent Passengers, most cooperative, never donanding and exeuplary _ in conduct. Ttwasa distinct pleasure, for the crew of the PEILIP to . “have been afforded the‘opportunity to Sesist thesemet people in the esac t eA MEY oysta 4.5 te p+ \6 evacuation," vO . . - on . ‘trips to ‘the caster atolls. A ground survey of all inhabited atolls andl , . + pee “ gat gril i( da 5By gry sf sfbdt e Ne: YEptete eS Ae OUEiedole islands conteminated in excess of 10 m/hr 24 hours after shot tine a a eo, was directed by CSTE ‘SEVEN. Commanding Officer, Naval.‘Station,Kuajeléin.. e “provided air‘trensportatton for this survey> Since seaplaneJandings Pee 7“at latep, Jeno, Asuk and Mejit vouldhave ‘deen extrenely hazardous,; a _, RENSHAW, vith«survey party on board,was dlepatched to thenon 5.” ons ,-Rangelep, "Moreh. asbebveen8 ‘and 11 MerchUSS NICHOLAS (DDE-449) called at 2:9 . re? beiys ipe, 18. Abeer the‘evacuation, Teak Group 7.3 D0E"s made three additional = Desrsi, Biker, Rongerik andAdLingnae, Se carried Bee, nee e es vee Cte - cen,ae -~ ft . " S | _Herbert Scoville,technical director,APSE, and a party:‘ofootentific. ye ee “personmel, meprynade a detailed survey of ‘the evacuatedstale,. vt "38 “ee .‘Plas, Biker, ‘toobtaindata for the evaluation¢of rediation effects oa a a"he evacuees ‘and to collect ground readingsfron viieh te ostinate how: ee " "S008| they vould be able to return to their hones. NICHOLAS working 4 :f | we 4 F “ parties essistedaotentitigheraonel1 in naling the survey and incollecting water and soil samples, ‘Under the direction of Mr. Wings of the Trust Territory organization, they secured the natives! personal, property. in the They moved into native houses articles that had been left closed up the houses, cared for pigs and chickens, which