- 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. 241. 3 ary AFWL/HO