-

tcd ~,sthey beep.mcsurplus end
Deix.dmwnts woro do-activ~.
these pcrsonnol were immdietcly returned to tho CONUS. By Juno
1956, scvanty-ono (71) r.ugmcntw.tion
pzrscnnol h~d been dcolcrcd sur-

,
I

plus●

ROMURIKKU, ENIM.ANnnd TEITEII?IPUCCI
Dctcchmcnts were dc-

ootivctod while gu~rd posts on RUNIT nnd ROJOA were mcnncd by hcliooptor shuttlo from PARRY Island @.ftcriniti~.1shots on those islands.
This prcscntad a definito problom ms officor supervisors wor~ not
always nvail?bk on the isl~nds to direct ~.ndcontrol the mcno

Daily

inspection by the Dotachmont Commmdcr ~nd frcquont inspections by
tho Provost lk..rsh~l
wore

rnnclc

to

~ssure th~t the Mililmry Polico wcro

accomplishing tho nssignod missimo

During the entire opcrction,

floacibilitywas the keynote with ~lmost dnily chflngcis cnuscd by
additiorw.1commitnonts from AEC ~s well ns orca contamination from
previous shotsTo fulfill the AEC security mission of controlling movcmont
within *ho restricted @rcn, MPGuard Posts were ostrblishcd ~t ~11
airornft lnnding sites r.ndnmrino ramps to enforce the EM,dgc
Idontificntion System, cs diroctcd by JTF SEVEN.
DuFing

tho pcricd of May 1956 through July 1956, the

Militnry Polioo cscortodnibe:groupmontsof security cargo from
ENIWETOK Islctndto ?.ppropriatonrc~s on FARRY Islr.nd. Further
escort wcs ~.coomplishcdwithin ENIV!ETOK~nd BIItINIAtolls, with
movcmonts botwcon Atolls being coordirwtod with the Mcrinc Detach.
mcnt frcm the USS CURTISS.
&
omblc

p,dditionnlport of Entrywns cst~blished o.tBIKINI to

ships nnd eircr~ft to go direct to ENYU Islend, BIKINI Atoll,

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