ron drake had no native population, but was occupied by 28 men of the task force.ht men were evacuated by air at h+28 hours. 150 natives were also evacuated, although radiation levels here were relatively light. the removal of personal from the contaminated pay tolls -- contaminated atolls was done mainly by destroyer. these destroyers were primarily for security purposes, but were easily adapted for use as evacuation vessels. all of those exposed were taken where complete physical examinations were carried out. every effort was made to ensure their comfort and well-being. follow on bikini temporary rendered that atoll unusable. on the side of our control station, 35 hour was recorded. hundreds of rankings per hour were measured on bikini islands. even if radiation had not been a factor, blast damage was considerable. it would have taken a sizable effort to make the island again usable in the base camp. the ground shot and full of experienced by our firing party forced us to give up the idea of a manned station. the necessary electronic systems were installed on at