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. Section XVI-A 9 w