vy
HAIL
=,
19,
Oelivery of mail to Task “roup 7.3 wes a continuing vroblen
threughout the operation.
Savy sail fer tho Eniwetok-RAikini erea wag
normally forwarded fron the United States vie Kavr Fort Office 82, ab
Puetaleing
Fail so roubed was often over—flown to “niwetok by YATS
adreraft not =tepring et Fwajalein.
It then het to be returned to
Yacjalein for scaountin: snd sorting purroses ani then returned to
AFO 187 st =niwetck for local delivery to T47.3 units.
The delay
caused by this orecedure, combined with adverse weather coniitions
during Pebruary which repeatedly hald up flights departing from the
United States to Hawaii, grestly delayed mail deliveries ani created
a serious morale preblem,
20.
In conjunction with an investigstion of the situation and
ea Grective to Llds to expedite mall loadings institubed hy CITY SEVEN,
CTO 7.3 notified MUGREVPAC of the situation, forwarded a revised
Lint of TG 7.3 units in the arca, and requested that mafl leaving the
§.3. be roubed by FPO, San Francisco direct to APO 187 ct Eniwetok.
MMO ESVPAC ecnecurred tn this rewwest, althouch firet eleas, parcel nest,
amd air mail originated in Rawali continosd to be routed via Bwajalein.
“hile more direct, the revieed mail routing clan placed a hesvy bar
den on the limited fxeilitles of APO 187.
T6 7.3 furniahed one Navy
mail elerk end tvo semen to APO 187 to acsist in handling of TG 7.3
mail.
Zi.
Mipe at fniwetck drew their sail iirestly fren AP) 187,
Wail for Bikini units was moved by air frcea Mmiwetok to Bikini and
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