1.
There are still some Japs
on the
from your Mess Hall. In the
average of 150 Japs per month, some good ones, some still alive. See the map your Plane Commander
has and be sure that you
stay out of restricted areas.
2.
Be careful of any souvenirs you
may find. To date personnel of this
Group have
found such articles as
live hand grenades, mortar shells and fuses and parachute fragmentation
bombs. If you find any ordnance material of any
kind, report it to the Ordnance Section immediately.
Otherwise you may not be around to collect that mustering
out pay.
3.
You will not need to sleep under
mosquito nets. There are a few
mosquitoes here,
but they are just the
nuisance type. There is little disease
of any kind here. Snakes are rare but
a few have been seen.
4.
The mail situation at present is
uncertain to say the least. Until
advised differently,
you will continue to use
your
S-2 Officer will tell you what can and can not be written
or mailed home. Mail delivery here from
the
5.
You can take pictures here. The restrictions apply to pictures of the
B-29’s here as
applied in
In that same class are pictures of American
cemeteries. Other pictures are
permissible provided they
are not of defense
installations or of such nature as to reveal your exact location in this
Theater.
6.
Travel of personnel between
to travel to any other
island of this group. Going to
is out, however, if you
have a relative in the
through the usual
military channels.
7.
One of our main problems will be
the water supply. At present all water
for showers
and drinking is hauled
into the group area by truck. Be careful
of it, conserve it as much as possible.
Water will be turned on three times a day for use in the
showers. The hours are 0500 – 0700, 1100
–
1300, 1700 – 1900.
Water for drinking is available at all times in Lister Bags and trailer
tanks.
8.
There is a swimming beach several
miles from the Group apron. The P.X. has
swimming trunks and you
are encouraged to use the facilities available during your off duty hours.
A word of caution; at times the current is rough,
particularly swimming inshore from the raft.
Do not
swim alone and do not
swim at any place other than the beach now in use.
9.
The Laundry service has been
called everything but that. Most of the
men are
doing their own. Some men have made a machine run by a
windmill, others have machines turned
by a crank. Regardless of the method adopted, there will
be one fellow doing your laundry – you.
10.
Transportation is a subject better
not discussed with quite a few people here.
We
hope to have in the near
future a bus service between Groups and Flying headquarters. Also a
bus going to the beach
several times daily. At present we have
a minimum of the necessary
vehicles and they are to
be used for official trips only.