CHAPTER IV, SECTIONS 5 and 6 was handled through the Project Manager’s office on Elmer and the Assistant Resident Manager’s office on Tare. Week Ending Flight 1 Tare Fred 2-7-54 60 2-21-54 2-28-54 83 65 2-14-54 56 Flight 2 Tare Fred 94 30 26 104 86 43 43 27 52 88 36 3-7-54 3-14-54 3-21-54 3-28-54 Flight 3 Tare Fred 82 65 85 81 48 Intra-atoll island air transportation at Eniwetok Atoll was provided by the Air Force via small liaison planes of the L-13 class and helicopters of the H-13 and H-19 class. Air dispatchers were located at the Elmer and Ursula airfields during the operational phase when traffic was heaviest. In June and July of 1953, Week Ending Passenger traffic was heaviest during the month of February 1954 and is indicated in the following table: 69 101 102 83 29 50 9 9 Total Passengers 14 17 45 25 404 461 498 444 due to a shortage of pilots, curtailment of service was necessary and transportation services were provided by water taxis. Interisland airlift at Eniwetok reached a peak in March of 1954 and the following table indicates the volumeof passenger traffic for this month. Passengers Carried L-13 H-13 H-19 Number of Flights H-19 L-13 -H-138 — 280 58 37 230 42 131 162 36 98 184 52 At Bikini, interisland air support was provided by helicopters solely, thus eliminating the need for construction of airstrips at the various sites. Helicopter pads, consisting primarily of small areas of stabilized coral, were provided at each camp site. This service was first initiated on June 1953 and proved to be of material assistance because of the craft’s ability to land small working parties at isolated locations. In addition it eliminated considerable lost time in boat travel. Flights were placed on a schedule basis with provisions for special flights as the Flight 4 Tare Fred 838 690 483 540 45 42 26 41 _— 96 254 246 need for them arose. During the period of heavy traffic, dispatchers were located at each camp site to coordinate the needs of the elements of the Task Force. Passenger traffic for the month of January is indicated below: Week Ending 3 January 10 January 17 January 24 January 31 January No. of Flights No. of Passengers 231 856 276 1037 447 1473 447 1552 554 1758 SECTION 6 LAND TRANSPORTATION The vehicles available for land transporta- tion were allocated to the various sites according to the actual needs of each. These vehicles were placed in motor pools under the control of a dispatcher. At sites other than Elmer and Tare, the duties of the dispatcher were assumed by a clerk as additional duties. Permanent as- signments of vehicles from the pools were perPage 4-48 mitted to certain individuals where the need for this was quite evident. With a few exceptions, all vehicles were required to be returned to the pool at the end of the day’s work. _ Daily bus service was provided at Elmer with the route passing the main installations on that site. Bus service was provided to and from