assumed the responsibility for port management and operations at BIKINi
Transportation by motor, air, and water is discussed be=
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low.
Statistics for motor, air, and water, movements have been com=
piled.
Truck Detachment, 7126 AU, operated the ENIWETOK ISLAND
Motor Pool, ENIWETOK ISLAND Bus System, and performed first and second
echelon maintenance on approximately 275 vehicles of all types, including vehicles of all elements of JTF SEVEN stationed on ENIWETOK
ISLAND.
Ten enlisted men from the Port Detachment were detailed to
the Motor Pool for extensive training in DUKW operation and
main-
tenance for the purpose of augmenting H & N on off-island amphibious
operations.
Replacement personnel received by the Truck Detachment
were practically all new inductees with little or no experience, consequently, the Truck Detachment was forced to maintain a continuous
training program during the operational phase,
With regard to MATS traffic control, the booking system
adopted 1 January 1954 was continued in effect and has proved satis~
factory to date.
The issuance of priorities
was controlled by the
Transportation Officer, TG 7.2, for all outbound air allocations,
The space.:comtrol
on the inter-island and inter-atoll
air lifts was assumed by TG 7.4, 15 January 1954, and this arrangement
has proved efficient and satisfactory for the operational phase,
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flights to BIKINI were discontinued on 1 March due to high con-
tamination
air
The
and destruction of terminal facilities
at BIKINI.
A PBM
lift, was substituted on 3 March 1954 and is operated by TG 7.4.
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