31.lthAir Division, Reconnaissance. Contracts were let with the
ConsolidatedLaboratories at Los Angeles to proceae all motion picture black and white film, and with Eastman Laboratories, also in
Los Angeles, to process 161mncolor.
12.
a. The Air Force had the photographicmanagement experience,
but was limited in the n’bmberof technicians available because of
other high priority commitments, also partly from the demobilization
scarcity which affected all the services. The U. S. Amy and U. S.
Navy each made a limited number of technicians available. These were
augmented by 24 civilian specialists selected by Mr. Louie Hagemeyer,
USAF, from ex-service personnel who patriotically agreed to serve at
less than union rates in order that complete photographic records
could be made of these tests. It was assumed that time and red tape
would be shortened by employing these technicians through the University of California. It is known now that this assumption was incop
rect and the
tempor~
and manpower would have been saved by hiring them as
civilian employees of the USAF.
b.
The 311th Air Division used about 457 personnel exclu-
sively on Operation Sandstone in three