I operatio~l Report TransportationSection 4 Chapter 3 Period from OI=iu of J~-7 win at Fort Shafter until arrival JTF’Hq. at Eniwatok 1. The TransportationOfficer departed WasMngton, D. C. on 15 February 19L8 coincid=t with t~n~fer Of Jo~t Task Force ~ ~ Headquarters from Washington D. C. to Fort s~fter~ ~hu~ T. H. Captain K. E. Jack~n remained with the rear echelon to continue followup of outWing air and water shipments,and to =ke arrange- ments with the various transportationagencies for receipt of rollup shipmentS. 2* On the way out to Oahu, seveml days were spent in conferences with personnel at the Naval Supply Center, and Army Port of ~rkation in the San Francisco - Oaldand area. These diSCUSSiOnSconcerned primfily questions of receipt and forwarding of Sandatone cargo during the prospective rollup. In addition, arrange~nts were made for aMpnmt of late arrivals fFOm the Air Force Project on the USS Alstede departing Naval Supply Center, Oakland for Kwajalein on X5 UNh. 3. In Oahu, a board had bem convened for the purpose of drafting a plan for the rollup of Sandstone personnel and cargo upon the completion of the teats. Eased on a report fmm Fhiwetok of personnel and cargo to be returned, a shipping schedule was prepared with tentative assignment of personnel and car~ to vessels. Equipnt to be returned from Kwajalein was estirnted from records on equiprnmt which had been •~p~d Section XVII m