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Lehner, P.
1964
Oct. 30
up in late A.M. today; Binion was off trying
to make arrangements to get us to some other
islands; when he returned with reservations
for three of us to fly to Roi-Namur at
the extreme northern end of the atoll, Ken and
I were the only Smithsonian people on board;
we then hurriedly got gear together and hustled
over to the airport where we caught a 12:30
flight on an Army C-47; as we had departed
the ship and Kwajalein Island, curious residents
had already begun coming to the ship and on
board, seeking evidence that biologists had actually
come to their island and seeking advice on their
own "scientific" endeavors; once on the plane and
into our 18th century seatbelts we were off and
headed north over the lagoon - we had a real
good view of the various islands and the reef,
but pictures had to be taken through dirt smeared
windows which added little to the photogenic
view; we arrived at Roi at about 1:00 P.M. and
Binion called Mr. Guethlen whom we were told to
contact on arrival; Mr. Guethlen sent over a
Mr. Hal Hitchcock who was to serve as our guide -
he first of all took us to the Security office
where the police told us of the large bird population
(over)