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Fourths The contractorwas already under obligationto Naw to revamp
the water, electric, and sewage disposal EY*-6

in the ATC end of the

island. This last wwld be aO tittiately related to work on the same
items for us as to make it impracticableto separate our activities in
them.
d.

In vI- of the above, Navy wa8 requested,by letter of 13

Nov~bor 1947, to have their contractor ftirnishus the following services:
2000 yards of concrete (we fumiahed the oement)
Build showers and heads
Furnish S electriciansand 3 plumbers to ua to work on our jobs
This waa approved, funds were obtained, and it was so donee
8. !kp~qment of Troops ●nd Transportationof Materials to Kwajalein
a. The 2307th Engineer Aviation Compa~ was deployed to Kwajalein
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airdurlng the period 5 - 12 Deoember 1947. The Headquarters personnel

followed direotly thereafter.
The original estimate of lift required for materials and

b.

equipent fran Hawaii was 2200 measur~ent tonae This figure was revised
upwards several times and the final figure of shipents fran Hawaii was
about 3S00 MT.

About 800 MT oeme fram the mainland”direct, mostly through

Colonel Tulley’s list of balanoes whioh he took to the mainland (see
paragmph 6 supra). The origiml ●hi~ent was first set to sail 28
Hovember. It actually sailed on 17 Deoember 1947 with 1660 MT ●board for
the Kwajalein job.
c. Approximate shipents follow$
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