De
We frequently needed protection during the fourteen days, but no effort was
made to rig protective canvas,
C,
(I doubt if it was available,)
In San Diego we acreed a waiting bench would be installed in the
forecastie - for patients waiting to go down to x-ray,
installed,
The bench was never
I had to repeatedly esk to move the motorcycle stored there to
make room for the patients,
D,
It was agreed that a second shaving mirror would be installed
cver the sink in the laboratory to handle the fourteen men all getting up at
the same time,
HE,
That mirror was never instailed as reouested,
My plans calied for an x-ray pass through box to be installed
in the wall of the ceveloping rooin to facilitate the x-ray procedure,
space vas left for the box and we were foresd
No
to put it in a corner - greatly
limiting its usefulness,
*,
adequate,
‘he storage space allotted to Une meaical party was volaaly
ine
Apparertly H.B. hed failed to pass on to C.O. our logistic letter -
giving some idea of our storage requirements,
As our gear came aboard, C.0O.
became more and wore agitated and finally ordered the island food gifts to be
stored beneath the medical party's bunks - leaving no room for storage of
the medics] party's hegeare,
-
The ship's brochure stated a two ton freezer capecity = yet the
perisheble fruit for the islands was kept in the medical berthing area and
many oranges rotted,
2, Ship-Safety
A,
Throughout the entire cruise, no organized safety drill or in-
struction was given by the ship,
We were not informed where the life vests
tant
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oa
were stored or how to use the life rafts.
(Many of the medical party were