} REPORT OF GR~
SIGIJ~LCOMMUNICATIONSON OPERATION SANDSTONE
BY October 1%7 cefia~
rewi~-ts
h@-d hen
deffi~tel?
decided
upon, and it wea desired that the constructionnecessary for the establishment of basic components of the eventuel communicationsfecility be
co~nced
at Enivetok. The fimt
constxwctionto be undertdom et Eni-
wetok would be the setting-upof equipment, antennas, communication
center snd crypto center for the operation of e redio teletype circuit
to Oshu; the Installationof switchboardsend instrumentsfor telephone
service on the islend of Enlwetok and the setting-upof two (2) Cll cir.
cults to Kwajaleln,one of which was for lhvyuse emd the other which
wes for J& Fcmce use.
A temporary M@RO
(radio telephone) cirouit to
Bngebi Island was needed until the major M@!RO facility could be Ectiv.
eted. Tha Air Force desirad Immediate activation of tower control
fac-
ilities (MCS) at the Eniwetok eirfield. Interim ccmmunic?tionswonld
be needed for the initial constructionforces of the Task Force on errlral in late November. Thereafter, the remaining construction
required
for installationof the fill ccsmmnicationsystem for this oparetionwee
to ~oceed rapidly inwhstever order clrcumstenceaend later develop
ments dictated.
Colonel Carl E.Eeteh, Signel Corps, USA, concieved
an advence signel
construction and operation detschmsnt to eccompliahthese plsns end went
forward to the headquarters,U.S. &myPacific,
billty. Bythe date of Ma
Joint T8skFcmve, ordered W
arrlvel on M October 1947, the Oommender,
kglstic support for the cperetion frm
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