V1 emi athletic gear were borrowed from COMSERVPAC. Bikini afforded a sninaing eres, baseball ent softball diamonds, horseshoe pits end fociiities for other gemes. Buildings left from Operation CROSSROADS were repaired eni used as clube, where beer, liquor and soft drinks were available, ships held barbecuss ant picnics; on several of these the hill-billy band fraa CURTISS provided susie. 11. when BRAVO contaminated Bikini use of the area hai to be discontinued. After radiation intensities had decayed enough to permit, work on the islani for short periods the equipment installed : there was recovered, asi later returned to COMSERVFAG along with the funds borrowed to finance the vewture, Profits fran Liquor, beer end soft drink sales were more than enough to repay the loan, the excess was distributed anong task group units’ recreation funde, 12, After the less of the Bikini recreation area no shore-besed recrostionsl facilities on such a ccale wore again available at Bildni, A mall island across the lagoon “cool* enough for occupancy was used twlefly for beer ani ewimiing parties. Jt was hesvily contaminated oan the third sheet. Late in the Operation contaalnstion on the desalate tip of Snyu Island was found te be low enough to permit its use by recrestion parties, Thres tents, and a refrigerstor recovered froa Bikini Jalend «ere installed there. Lagoon off this islend. One drowning cccurred in the Shipboart recreational activity substituted, not too effectively, for the lack of a suitable lai area, 13. Fer the few ships at Eninetok, OTG 7.2 recreation facilities were made available. Japtan Island at Eniwetok, where the Navy reo22 iT