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who will meet us at Midway will go with the ship to Canton pick up Bob, 
go to Ender'bury for a study. The ship will then cany Bob and one 
assistant back to Canton and will proceed to Baker and Howland for study 
end on to Pearl Harbor by thh end of July. At the end of July I am to 
return to Her olulu where I will meet Bill and probably some others 
and go to Laysan where a perraanent cosap is to be set up. 
As darkness neared the Shearwater (probably Christmas Island ?) 
and Petrels (Balwer’s ?) became quite numerous offshore . After 
finishing supper I played a few hands of bridge with the officers. 
At 8:15 several of the officers spotted an Hawaiian Monk Seal beside 
the ship. He was under one of the -ships large cargo light and was 
approximately 5-7 feet long. He quickly disappeared. Sooty Terns 
were also heard and seen by the use of the ship's spotlight. 
June 6, 1965 tllhoa Island, Leeward Chain, U. S. S. Tawakonl 
We were awaken this morning at 4:20 in anticipation of landing on I 
Hih'6a > shortly after sunrise. The rubber boat again went in first to see 
the condition of the landing site. They returned shortly reporting 
rough waters. x n the meantime the whale boat had been lowered to the 
edge of the Ship and all of our gear had been loaded inside 1 . It was 
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decided to wait and survey the landing site again later. After 
eating breakfast Fred and I rode in with the survey group to observe the 
bird life on the cliffs and to see landing sites close up. Hie cliff 
appreared very tall from its base. Preen the rubber craft we could see 
the palm trees on the upper slopes. Many Red-footed Boobies were sitting 
around in the* vegetation. The old ruins (walls, etc.) could also be 
