EE8 telephones end a BD.96 switchboardrepl~ced the TO-10 equipment
installed in the telephone exchenge. The rsdio station wss elso pieced
ti this building in order to consolidate all garrison commnicetions et
one locetion. Lists of equipmnt considered necesssry for the rneinten.mce of this redio and telephone system were furnished S.4, T8sk
Group 7.2, end the equipment eventue!llyconsisted of EEg~ telephones,
SCR-300 rsdio sets, ED-72 switchboardsmd normel opereting end mBintenmce supplies. This materiel hed been set aside from the Signsl
stocks being returned In the tesk force roll-up end were issued to the
Signal Officer of the g8rrison force.
Personnel of Tesk Group 7.2 were interviewed to obtein volunteers
for the g&rrison force. From these volunteers the following selections
were msde in accordancewith the approved T/O for the gerrison:
NulmER

GRADE

REh!JRIG

~

1

T/3

w

Redio I’SpaiX’MSM.

2

V5

097

bstaller-Repeirman, Tele~hone
(~lso to function 8sMOS 650,
switchboard operetor).

2“

T/5

766

High Speed R8dlo Operetor.

In the 8bsence of B suiteble volunteer for Signel Officer, s request
had to be mede to Signal Service, USIRP}C$ for this officer.
In view of the speci81 problems of packing electronics equipment
for return to Oehu and the United StateB, s pecking end creting te8m consisting of five (5) enlisted prsonnel in charge of Lt. Colton, Signal
Corps, wes furnished by Signal Service, US#RPl+C. The teem arrived eb~t
20 Mey 194S. It was felt thet the employmnt of experienced pecldng

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