occurred. Mr. Hedberg stated that the flood lights on the Zero Island
were the OIIQ other equipment using power from the same unit as the
beacon @

tkt the floodlightswere visible up to the instant of

the detonation. Mr. Maakey, radio engineer, advanced the theo~ that
the res~nder on the beacon had been overloadeddue to the number of
AN/APS-10 airborne radars in we.

No drone cm other tircrsft was

lost on this test.
In the period between Xray ad Yoke Days spare items of equipment, maintenanceequipment and miscellaneous non-expendableitems
were packed u

crated in preparation for shipnwnt from Eniwetok

to Kuajalein. Just prior to Zebra Day,

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schedule of rollup on Air

Force circuits was Isswd to the Conxnunications
Officers of AAOS,
Kwajalein; M(2S, Eniwetok; Joint Relay Station Eniwetok; ad to Task
Group ?.4. Thie sohedule stipulated the discontinuanceof all circuits by Zebra plus 6 D~

unless otherwise instructed.

Zebra Day was similarto Yoke D~

in that all cocnmnioatione

facilities functioned satisfactorily. The radar beacon on the Zero
Island gave satisfactoryoperation up to the inetant of the detonation.
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After the execution of this test, all equipment was dismantled as
soon as no longer needed ad packed for shipmnt back to supply depots.
BY Zebra plus 20 days all equipment had been loaded on ships for return.
The equipment requisitionedfrom the U. S. was returned to the Signal
Depot at Sacramento, California, ati the equipment requisitionedfrom
Oahuwas returned to the Hawaiian Signal Depot.
Since the garrison force which was to re~n
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