Department of The immy, which would pmzit a transfer of vehicles
determined to be uneconomically repairable directly to Froperty Disr

posal Officer. This would preclude reporting the items for disposition and thereby elimlnate a 45-60 day delay In final action taken.

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This authcrity was received 29 June 1956.
(2) The initial stages of “rollup” ccxm=ced ti =rly
June with the turn-in ci’excesses by the Military Eolice Augmentation unit. The initial turn-ins consisted.of beds, becking and a

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small nunber of vehicles. It is anticipated that such item will
continue to be turned in as personnel depart fro~ the iacific rl?oving Ground. Preparation and return of items to CONS is progressing
P

mtisfmtorily.
3.

Ordnance:
a.

Mission: The Ordnance Section is responsible for field

maintenance and technical inspections of all Army owned ordnance .
mteriel and vehicles, Engineer heavy equipnent, ant.naterials handle
ing equipnent in the Facific Froving Ground.
b.

General:
During the first two nonths of 1955 the AEC civilian

contractor assumed the maintenance responsibility for w~
Force o~ed

and Air

em~gency power generators located on ENIWETOK Is&uN5.

Spare parts continued to be supplied by Task Group 7.2.
During May and June the first shipment of vehicles for
Operation REDWING were received. The de-processing and in-storage
maintenance of these vehicles created a large additional work load
for the ordnance section during the six or seven nonth before they

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