ah Ou oe , CHAPTER 9 IPTy> t TASK UNIT INTERD! REPORTS AT THE TEST SITE Technical Measurements, Prior to the arr?.al of the Task Group at Eniwetok, It, E. C, Vicars, USN had flown to the test site as advance representative for Task Unit 7.6.6, arriving on § March, On this mission Lt. Vicars assisted in the planning for island construction necessary to acc. ate EYSeed ™~ ‘. ory ~ installations for technical measurements projects to be carried out by TG 7.6. Hull, he outlined the program in detail and continued to attend the regular staff meetings of TG 7.2 as representative of TU 7.6.6. During the following period, until the arrival of the BAIROKO, Lt. Vicars nade ~ sevoral trips to oach of the ZERO islands in order to become familiar Jay. rr with the personnel in charze of island construction, the facilities available for use by the Technical Measurements Unit and the relation * pat of their work to that being carried on by the Bureau of Yards and Docks When the BAIROKO reached Eniwetok Atoll it was first anchored off SN \: Seat tah wd at \ yet tieES: > PRE SEY It wa. -:onsidered advisable to move all materials . Eniwretok Island, required for the technical measurements under TG 7.6 alone with a croup of operating personnel ashore on Ingebi Island. yo » t 4 ! and Office of the Corps of Engineers, . fF Meeting with representatives of TG 7,2 and tho staff of General This was accomplished within a few days after arrival, Technical measurements being carried out under TU-7.6.6 were quite diverse in nature but in most cases relatively simple, Many measure- ta ments involved the exposure of materials on stakes driven into the = 69 - “ or et LoS au@b a -yi. 25 ~ =. je test ea ~ aw "x a eon ~ hicawsamninasmeaii 2 + freee te.» _—/: : ewe Py f wm ot 5 L Caine ETT IN ‘ rN. we! “4 ah ~~ ~~ ‘- Noes Ned WN A tet Bd Ne “4. “os Ace he RSSED ie Ae PR! eT 8 ‘eL Shree yuo NRE at eh ee. . : ce em OP - wwii. - vores +e