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dered te return to tuse where the lest ons landed at 0522,

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Gaylight SIGUX and EFPENSCH commenced to search for fall-out buoya,
to be joined later by TARAKONI when she had returned the *hot#

drone ship, YAG 40, to her mooring in the lagoon. At daylight
other units re-entered and anchored.

CTG 7.3 and his partial

staff returned to the CURTISS at Bikini, where preperetions for

YARKES were continuing. It was now 3° April ent YANKEE was
scheduled to be ready on 5 Haye

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& 3 Hey a third sortie for NECTAR was carried cut. This

tine £9TzS wes required at Bikini for tests tn comection with
readying YANKEZ, so CTG 7.3 set up a temporary comand pest ashore
on Parry Island.

Two ef E5TES* afr controllers vere trensferred

te the TG 7.4 AOC en Entwetok Ialand te eseist in control of the

107.4 aircraft from thet point rather then ESTES, 09S LED was still
in the ares, end hai been joined by two cther Ititerente, USS
AREQUIPA (AF-31) amd USS NAVASOTA (A0-106).

These; coupled sith

LST 551, were considered capable of carrying out the eaergency evacaation of Eniwetok should £6 becomes necessary,

Wo fall~cut buoys were

leidy Project 2.$8 bed exhsueted ite supply on the two previous
RECTAR atteapte end efforte Yo recover the buoys hed act been suneeaful.

The ships departed tie lagoen by 2000 and proceeded to their

shot, time stations, except EPPERSON who took up her patrol of Wide
Entrances.

Patrol aircraft searches were uxierway.

At 2100 it was

learned that two LOfs, menned by naval persmnnel sttached to TG 7.2
and under control of the Army Task Group, were cissing. Lt 45 had

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