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var
United States with the same non-consusable material they brought to
the erea,
CURTISS carried the AKC test materia] und device spares
for return to the ABQ.
and TG 7.1 trailexs.
BAIROXO lifted short range sir Foree aircraft
AINSHORTH carried a misll number of peracnnels
her passenger capacity was only partially used aince most personnel
ef other groups retumed to the United States by air.
3.
The roll-up of the Air Force Paak Group's outlying wecther
stations was acceaplished by LST $51 mid BELLE GROVE,
rolled-up the Rongerik station,
SBAILE GIOVE
In establishing this station in Jen
wary LST 551 had received serious damage in beaching, ant the LST's
experience, plus a naval survey conducted eftor YANKEE led to the
conglusion that beaching there by an LST was impractical.
Accomplish-
mont of the task by LCUe escorted by an «TF wos contenplated, but, a9
the shot schedule worked out, BELLE (ROWE became available to do the
fob,
aie Force asterial on the base island st Bnagerik included an
eleven ton trailer, an inoperative DEEW, radio eqidpment eni cther
instruments, a fresh water distilication unit, refrigerator, s forklift
truck and os nuaber of helium cylinders.
‘There also was a Project 6.6
ioncepheric recording station with scther eleven ton treiler, a tuo
and a half ton power anit end mliecellaneseus equipment.
Much of the
ialent surface wae soft sand, naxing the mving job difficult.
BELLE
GROVE took sboant two Navy LCUs, ons Holmes ent Barver LOU, trucks
ami moving and lifting epuipment, ani with Air Pforce ani Scientific
personnel aboard to assist in the task, left for Rongerick on 1k May.
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