Aviation cmp~ny
plus detac~ents fr~ the other cmpanles, who were at
Kwajalein. These last were engaged on a mission for the ATC, which
mission was scheduled to end on 1 Decemkr 1947. They had built the ATC
dependent housing which is now there ~d
were
currently engaged in a
general building removal program. It should be noted that if the ‘breakn
had been ael~~
mother 1(Idays
these
troops would have had both the Am
headquarters and mea= hall torn down, since both these buildings were on
the ranoval program. This would have gravely complicated the oonatruotion
problun and considerably increased costs. (This is an exesnpleof how
important it is to get the deoisions of the planners down to the operators
at the earliest possible moment.)
b. After e8tlmating the man hours requim$d for the pro~ram, the
skills available in the camnand, and the engineer support requirmnentson
Hawaii, it was reconsnended
and approved by the ~, pacAirC~ and the CG
JTF 7, that the troops
at
Kwajalein be reinforcedbymovhg
down a second
company, the 2307th Engineer Aviation Company, and the operating elements
of the 926th Headquarters Company. It was further recamnendedand approved
that the Navy contractor at Kwajalein, the Byrnes Organization,already
mobilized, do certain portions of our work.
c. The neeeseity for employing the oontraotor arose from several
considerations. F’iratt There was no practicableway tc obtain aggregate
for ooncrete except by utilizing the contractors quarry and crushing and
batching plant. Secondl The 926th Engineers could not begin to meet the
requirementsfor certain skilled personnel, particularly carpentersand
plumbers. Third: The 926th could not meet the overall man hours estimate.
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