USS TAWAKONI (ATF 114) PEARL HARBOR HAWAII Progress Report Party arrived in Samoa on the 8th and 4 beery days later departed. Despite other demands at least one member hit every bar in town every day. Birds: Local informants said they were present but we didn't see any. Blood: Running all over the place. Boiling too. Reptiles: Aptly describes most females; other half falls under axes. Banding: Band aids on Larry. 64 strings of No. 3 bands traded to the locals. Mammals: Humans -- only one sex, male; this split into males and imitation females. A near (but not very) human species seems to consist exclusively of females. Survey of 6 miles of tropical stream revealed no Polynesians* (females) Believe they are extinct. S.I. Personnel: After latest round of mail from S.I. everyone downed a few more drinks for the long *$[//]do* road back to the islands. [illegible] Roger David Larry