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K. Amerman
1964
Erbud Atoll Marshall Islands
Oct 28 Brian went in to Anado joinite
early in the morning to collect ticks from
Brown Booty chicks. Roger, Larry shinned,
Phil, George & I wrapped fish from Taka.
The captain requested that all
love gear be stowed before we got
underway for Kwajalein. I translated
this became "Get all that crap off the
deck so we don't resemble a Chinese
sampan!" So we spent a few happy
hours 'shifting glass balls around
(they're now hanging in clusters from
the bulbheads in the hold, like grapes),
bugging outsized clam shells about,
merely tossing garbage overboard
(sometimes it was hard to distinguish
the treasures from the latter) and
generally straightening up. In the
process our storage area below
and the forward lab got straightened
up. We found gear we hadn't seen
for weeks. I'm surprised we didn't
run across the photographs in there
somewhere, curled up in an ammo
box - we see him so seldom any more.
About 2:30 we left the lagoon.
I promptly went asleep, was
awakened for supper. Weather still