CHAPTER IIT
ACTIVITIES ON ENIWETOK AND PARRY ISLANDS
Roll-up activities, in respect to actual leading out, began
just prior to X Day.
Two units completed last minute construction
on Aoman-Biijiri and Runit, D and E Companies 532d EB & SR, but this
involved only a third of the units in each case,
Then too,there was
post test eradication or preservation of structures to be performed
on each Zero Island.
Otherwise the various units were contributing
heavily to the labor pool that furnished the necessary details to
complete rehabilitation and construction for the permanent garrison.‘
The base carpenter shop had received orders for making approxi-
mately 1000 boxeg,andcrates, completed more than 700 prior to Z Day.
The experience gained by the carpenters throughout this operation made
their task fairly simple, and the boxes and crates became available
well in advance of their requirement.
Discounting the materials used
by the units in their own packing and crating, construction of the
above mentioned boxes consumed 48,000 board feet of lumber.
Pp, X, Y and Z Day activities had not seriously interfered with
with the preliminary roll-up operations.
Lessons learned on P Day
were put into effect; personnel was assigned to roll-up work when not
required for activities connected with the teste.
The roll-up task reached its peak on Z plus one Day, when all mut
a slight demand on work personnel for post test operations ceased, and
practically all effort could be put into the completion of rehabilita-
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