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6. Further Planning Action
During the balanoe of the planning phase the following principal
actions were taken$
a.

h

office was set up at Hiekmn Field. It was nnti~ipated

that the ohief duties of the offioe would be to follow minor supply shortages as they developed,and to keep those in Hawaii, who should be

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informed, advised of what we were doing. The duties aotually evolved about
as planned. The personnel of the office were Lt Colonel R. S. Morgan, GE,
in general charge of the offiae~ ●nd Captain ~. W. Killen, AC, 926th
Engineers, Supply Officer. The offioe wae looated adjacent to that of the

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Engineer, Seventh Air Force (later Pacifio Air Command),who furnished us
clerical help as required. However, the offioe operated separately from
that of the Engineer, reporting direotly to A-5, Paoifio Air Conmand, as
far as staff supervisionwae conoemed.
b.

(1) Materials to be obtained in Hawaii were requisitioned.

‘l’he
original bill ofmateriale had been c-piled ”hastily,as previously
described, and the original screening for availability in the islande had
been done equally in haste. Henoe, strenuous efforts were made both to
refine the Mll

of materials and to diaoover additional quantities of

supplies here.
(2) The quantities on the bill of material tended to inorease
steadily. The local availabilitiesalso inoreased, in a broad general way,
propotiionately.
(3) All Air Foroe, Army, and Navy eupply eouroes were
utilized in obtaining the requirementsfor the pro$eot. Navy souroea
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