7 ro, - CD DDE498:VLM: GA: wk H2-1 Serial: 001 5 war 1954 9. Women and children were billeted in the torpedo room and the men provided temporary shelter under a canvas tarpaulin rigged on the Ol level between the stacks, Cots were availoble as seats in both lpcations. The after officer's head and washroom, a short dis- tance from the torpedo room was designated for use by the women ond children, The men had the use of the after crewts head and washroom The separation of the Marshallese was mandatory due to the Limited space available in the torpedo room. A continuous 24 hour sentry watch, all petty officers, was set at both locations to insure privacy and to assist in any requests made by the Marshallese, 10, The the The Hot all All children were provided milk shortly after de-contmination. Marshallese went through the regular mess line for meals and had same ration as the crew. The meat course was the least popular, majority of the party asked for more soup, bread and vagetables,. soup was most in demand. Ice cream was the natural favorite of the children, 11. The contaminated clothing was washed in the ship's laundry with a strong soap solution, dried, pressed and returned within four hours after the party embarked. , 12, Sleeping accommodations, although crovwrlod, were considered adequate, Twelve (12) cots and two (2) stretchers were set up in the torpedo room end the remaining deck space covered with kapok life jackets, The men slept on the fontail under the deck avming. Life jackets proved to be comfortable pallets and are excellent insulation against warm or damp decks, With the above arrangements each person had a sleeping space. 13, The PBM planeCommander reported that he thought he saw some people on Eninetok Island (Rongelap Atoll). A party, including John ond Oscar DeBrum, the interpreter, landed on this island at 031245M. aA thorough search was made but no Marshallese were located. The Magistrate insured the search party that he wos certain that there were no persons there since a boat was not nearby, Monitor team readings indicated an average of 3,02 Roentgens, with oa maximum reading of 3,65 Roentgons, Monitor teem statistics are included in enclosure (2), It was lucky that this island was not inhabite?. 14, Six (6) soemples of water taken from wells on Rongelop have been forwarded in compliance with reference (b), Approximate locations of plED/ DOE TNL FG _ | ae . _ QAP wells are indicated in enclosure (3).