Hickman, C.D. 1965 Journal 113 March 18 Palmyra Atoll. of ammunition boxes. Just a few items left to be packed away but can't do much more until all of the gear being used by the group ashore is brought back to the ship. Once it is aboard, the rest of the packing can be completed in about 1 hour. The coral infections are showing great improvement. Virtually all of the inflammation is now gone and some of the coralline ones have started to dry up and heal over. The larger and deeper ones are still quite tender but they are also coming along nicely. In another two or three days they should all be well on the way to complete healing. Sacked out at 12. March 19 Enroute to Pearl Harbor Headed for home at least another 3 days should see me there. This morning the whaleboat was sent in to pick up the crew at the first light of dawn. The ship then pulled up anchor and moved on to meet the whale boat as soon as it cleared the reef. Underway, with full power, by 0830. Well, it finally happened on one of these trips. Some of the crewmen were foolish enough to have eaten a fish, a Red Snapper, that was caught from the fantail of the ship. One fellow just started to take a taste and then spit it out because he didn't like the garlic and he was the only one who looked sick. One fellow ate one 2/3 piece and just got an upset stomach.