personnel would minimize the time required by depot maintenance shops to return the used equipment to Cless A condition. Proper p~cking would reduce breakage incident to shipping. Mejor George F. Rogers end the Deputy Comicetions deperted for Oahu by air on 21 Mey 19@. Officer Mejor Paul H. Rittenhouse remeined behiud, completing the roll-up end return of signel personnel and equipment. In conclusion, it should be stated thet from the }rmy standpdnt, communicationson Operetion Snndstone functioned exceedinglywell. The Joint Relay Station on Eniwetok during the course of the oper~tion hendled a totel of approximately‘7,000,000groups of terndmting and rele~d treffic. Although this would appear to be a tremendous emount of treffic, the operetion of the comprehensiveredio telephone system effectively accomplisheda greet reduction in the volume of formsl message treffic. Meny fevoreble comments were received on the effectiveness of this telephone system in expediting EIllpheses of the oper~tion. I 67 Seoticm X1 }