nsportation.
The horses were sometimes used for polo, however Davis said Capt. Howard Bush, base camp commander, somehow got the
men real polo equipment
to play with but t
hey preferred
Dr. John L. Meason
brooms and a soccer b
all. Other re
creation at the site included volleybal
l and hunting. Davis said Capt.
- Bush allowed the
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- soldiers with
- experienc
- e to use the
- Army rifles to h
- unt deer and pron
- ghorn. The meat was then co
- oked in the mess hall. Leftovers went into
soups which Davis said were excellen
Associate Director - Dennis Hunter
- t. Of course, s
- ome of the soldiers wer
- e from cities an
- d unfa
- miliar w
- Visitor Control
ith being outdoors a lot
. Davis said he went to relieve a guard a
- t the Moc
- kingbird Gap pos
- t and the soldier told Davis
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- he was surp
- rised by the
- number of "crawdads" in the
- area considering it was
so dry. Davis gave the young man a quick lesso
n on scorpions and warned him n
- ot to touc
- h. Throughout 1945
- other
- personnel a
- rrived at
- Trinity S
ite to help prepare for the
test. Carl Rudder was inducted int
- o the I Camp engineer
- s (from Sgt. Carl Rudder's scrap book
- ) are labeled: 1s
- t row--Kilmer, French
- ie, Bontley, Leary, Spry, Raub, Kemp, Stockton and Rauldolph. 2n
d row--Gorden, Cox, Ha
rrison, King, Bres, Sigler, Matthews, "W
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- eadle-Walve" and Capt. Gueary. A vi
- ew of the east side of base camp. In the left foreground is the D
- ave McDonald ranch house, not to be confused with the Geo
- rge McDonald ranch where the bomb's core was assembled.
Army on Jan. 26, 1945. He
said he passed through four
- camps, took basi
- c for two days
- and arrived at Trinity Site on Feb. 17.
- On arriving he
