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         Laundry
         
         Project:  To complete the construction of a 10,000-man post laundry.
         
         Description:   A regiment of combat engineers that left the island, shortly
         after the arrival of the 353rd Engineer Regiment, had started a laundry that
         was to provide laundry service for the island. Completion of this laundry
         consisted of installation of utilities and some miscellaneous carpentry work.
         
         Maintenance of certain roads.
         
         Description:   In addition to the maintenance of Colonial Route No.1 the
         regiment was charged with the maintenance of certain secondary roads on
         the island. The total mileage of these secondary roads was approximately
         forty miles. These roads were for the most part roads that had been
         constructed by the French and were unsuited for heavy military traffic. In
         some cases maintenance involved the reconstruction of the road. Several
         bridges were also rebuilt.
         

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