1 April 1963 
We docked at Pearl Harbor at 1000 this morning,no one was allowed 
to leave the ship until we had been cleared by customs, immigration, 
and quarantine. There was a definite problem with immigration when 
they found out that we, as civilians, had been on Canton Island, a 
foreign port, without passports but the fellow finally agreed to let 
us in without further ado. It is very difficult to get plant specimens 
into the country, the easiest thing to do is say you don't have an^ 
and keep them well hidden. It took a couple hours for our specimens 
and ourselves to be cleared before we could leave the ship to begin 
the process of cleaning up and packing up our gear. Project Leader 
made a trip downtown to take the motor to be cleaned and^stored while 
we are away and to get dry ice and ice-chests for shipping back the 
frozen blood and some remaining birds. The other two members worked 
at cleaning up the gear. Project Leader was advised by phone this 
evening of his wife's illness and returned to Washington on the mid¬ 
night plane out of Honolulu. Remaining two party members worked until 
3 am Tuesday morning packing gear to be stowed at Pearl Harbor while 
we are in Washington. 
2 April 1963 
It rained most of this morning so that the open-bottomed truck 
which was sent to pick up our gear was not very suitable for keeping 
the equipment dry when it was taken to storage. Truck finally returned 
in the afternoon with a tarpaulin to cover the gear and it was taken 
away to be stored. Remaining two field party members left Honolulu 
on the mid-night plane this date. 
