geRT 0 sae ion oTi 42) of the 4951st vehicles were marked to main at Eniwetok for the Operation. reduced to 126 vehicles. The net requirement to ARDC was Part of these vehicles came from ARDC ex- cesses at other stations and the remainder came from Mallory AFD, which wad\the prime depot for vehicles. A deadline date of 1 January 1958 was set for delivery of all special purpose vehicles to the Oakland Port. All vehicles made the deadline date and were shipped to arrive in the EPG by February 1958, which was well before the start of the Operation. Arrangements were made with the NAS, North Island, California to borrow a 15,000 pound fork lift with special attachment for mounting aircraft engines. This vehicle was shipped on the aircraft carrier, USS BOXER from San Diego, California. A panel truck used by the SAC Unit for denitregenation of high altitude crews and four (4) decontaimination trucks were also shipped on the USS BOXER. The special purpose vehicles were kept in common pool and were issued to the units to fill their day to day requirements. Control Unit controlled the dispatch of these vehicles. Maintenance (Figure 1) shows the number of vehicles on hand by type). Section D —- Movement of Passengers and Freight to EPG When Task Group 7.4 Logistic Conference was held in October 1957, the Task Group Transportation Officer distributed instructions to all units setting forth requirements for forecasting movements of passengers and cargo by both air and water. The first report was received in November and then continued up through March and then discontinued since most of the Units were in place in the EPG by this time. These reports proved very helpful in the Transportation Section, Task Group 7.4 in forecasting requirements for air and surface lift. VAL AFWL/HO \"