Lehner, P. 1964 11 July 20 - continued but no one knew it; the flight was filled, but I was put on standby behind one other fellow - 6:15 word comes that two seats are available; however, in attempting to finally process the reservation it was discovered that it lacked the final clearance stamp that must be issued by a Mr. Robinson (Lt.?); a few phone calls and it was cleared (6:30 A.M.; boarded plane at 7:10; left Hickam AFB at 7:30; arr. at Johnston at 10:20 A.M.; got the security briefing and called Dave Bratley - Dave told me there was a boat leaving at 11:30 A.M. if I could get all my gear to the pier; an MP kindly consented to give me a ride; while waiting for the 11:30 departure, Dave, Dick Herrill and Terry - (of the Coast Guard) arrived in a Coast Guard boat and gave me a ride to Sand; first impressions of Sand, Johnston, North and East Islands were that they were being highly developed - it looked like there was a race to first fill in the Ocean with sand and then to construct a building or piece of high powered electronic machinery on it; arrived on Sand about 11:30 A.M. met several of the personnel including C.O Lt. JG Thorman; had another breakfast and then Dave and