Locality: Eniwetok~Rigili Personnel: Bonham, Date: Palumbo, Welander, McClin, Lowman, Billings, Lewis, Sneddon, & Donaldson. Aug. 7, 1964 Friday Weather: Williams, Showers Radiation levels: McClin reports a max. average radiation level of 0.024 + 0.005 mr/hr for B-8 radiation. Trip to Rigili was delayed two hours because of expected missile arrival--called off. no gasket on the front ramp, "M" boat 379 had engine trouble, really a pile of junk. The island has grown over with a dense tangle of vegetation, birds swarm about in great numbers, cover the reef flats. new coral growths A few old scars remain but one would have to know where to look to find them. Birds--noddy and sooty terns many, bristle-thighed curlew, and 1 reef heron. noddy & 2 fairy terns for samples, Fish--goat fish, Lowman shot 2 groupers and 1 large A number of fish were preserved. Plants on Rigili have made a remarkable recovery. that had been badly burned were in full fruit. Merinda, Guettarda 10 no rats were collected. convict surgeon, jack were used for samples. fairy terns few, Coconuts Messersehmidia and Pisonia trees were covered with a tangle of Ipomea making it impossible to follow the old cutout sections on the island.