from port Hueneme, California during early December. T~s ~ae W8S selected because it is a Navy ad~nce base depot with admirabla facilities for outloeding Engineer equlpmt. Since it Was hewn that a partial shipload of 2nd ~B equipmentw~d originate in the Seattle area, it wee decided to load thie equipemt direct, by having one of the Navy AKAts call at that port. d. The second water echelon consisting of vessels returnhg from the December move would load at the Naval Supply Center, Oakland, California during early February. This echelon would be primarily Air Force troops and equip~nt. Oakland was selected as the outloading port for this echelon since the nsjor Air Force arri Army depots from which supplies would come were closest to Oaklami. In addition, the closeness of the Amy port of embarkationwould enable ready liaiaon with the Navy in following up Army and Air Force supplies. e. The final water echelon wo~d load at Terminal Island, California during the latter part of Februry. This would consist of the headquarters ship and supporting vessels. f. It was detemlned that the following Transportationtroops should be placed in the ~iwetok txwop basis: (1) we ~qletewrt company. (2) tienty port troops to accompany initial echelon from Oahu. (3) An afwhibious truck detachment. There was some question initially whether the port troops would be 3 Section XfiI