PSN
Name
WA?
Poa&@n
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0578233
1st Lt Herold W Krouth
2
Mtwter Sergeant
1
Technical Sergeant
4
Staff Sergeant
5
Sergesnt
6
corporal
6
Private First Class
Oinc
.
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on 25 October 1947, e group wmpriaed of the TE+ekFo~ce Commander end
Staff offtcers of the verioua services departed to the fomtmd sree to
survey the propoeed site at Eniwetok Atoll. Captain Christien L Englemsn,
USN, and Colonel Hetch were included in this graap and made inepecthns
{
et Hwajeleln,Eniwetok, Engebi end Perry Islenda. Xnapectton of Eniwetok
revealed thst oertein undergronzwlcables elreedy existed there. These
could prob&bly be used with augmentationfor the popoaed telephone end
4
csble systems for the constructionforces end would also serve as the
necesssry iriterconnecting
cables between Joint Commnicetions Center,
transmitter end receiving sites and the AACS Installation et the eir.
field. Insufficienttime waa evsilable to meke any cmqmehensive tests
i
of the cebles nor were any records avalleble as to this distrilmtion
system. Bulldinge for the various tistslletionswere selected end were
eermerked for comnnicetions prpoaes.
thet the existing per
It wss spparent from this survey
distri?mtion system would not be adequate end
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thet eeparete power plentu would be required to 811 major signal or
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