R.D. Kirkpatrick 1965 Journal Howland Island, mid-Pacific Feb 2 8AM. A Navy landing party took Dick Merrill and the collected blood Tues samples back to the ship. Doug Hackman and I bonded and put wing tags (a blue one on each wing) on 1 swaying Great Frigate birds. 7PM to Midnight. We landed Sooty Terns Feb 3 7AM We left the island with difficulty. The surf was so bad that the sailors had trouble. When I left the island I was on the right rear side of the boat, D. Hackman was 3 ft. in front of me. The final breaking wave we went into threw our loaded raft completely clear of the water. My nose hit the back of Hackman's life jacket and we about flew out of the raft. The raft stood up on its stern and seemed ready to flip over backwards. Baker Island, mid-Pacific 11:30 AM. The surf was fierce but we made it in without serious difficulty.