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constantly finding their work goals extended.
5. supply at ~
a. We had the same 42U0 MT Of supplies to handle at Kwa$aleln
whichwe had shipped. Navy had oharge of’unloading and delive~ of the
4200 MT of supplies from Hawaii, ●lthough both truoks and details of
personnelwere furnished ~
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the oonstruotiongroup on various ocoaaions.

For warehousing spaae 3 40x80 Butler Warehouse were obtained
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from ATC together with a nmber of bins to put in one of them. The warehouses wore used as followst one ~plumbing

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and eleotrieal supplies; ●

second for mattresses, pillows, ohaira, tablee, and other oamp equipent;
and the third for mess gear, p-pa, plywood, and various heavy it-s likely
to be damaged ~ weather. Pipe, oement, l~ber, paint, roofing paper,
tentage, and quonset parts were stored in the open,
c. Iseues were mad. to the oonstruotion forces and to the
oontraotor on requisition approved by the Operation Offioer. Itwaa felt
that he was in a better position to judge who should get a speoifio item
than was S-4, and the eyatau was established aooordingly.
d.- During the first month of work materials preeented no problem.
Materials had been obtained and were available in aooordanoe with original

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designs. However, as extra work developed,more and more improvisingand
substitutingwas neoecaa~.

Even theoretically,and more so ●otually, 20’

quonseta were exhausted and supply for the laet Iaaildinga
was scoured by
borrowing frcm the dump. hmber beoame more and more oritioal, ●nd on 19
Febttaaxythe supply oould not issue one inoh material in any eize beoauae
it had none, and oould only get 2x4 ~
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