Six Le18 aircraft wore used in dincharge of the primary
mission of providing alr transportation within the atoll.
Holnes
and Narver, as is oustoaary, generated the bulk of passenger and
carge traffic in oomection with its operations on the northera
islands.
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.
Beside the primary xiesion, the 405lst Test Suppert Squadren
maintained air base faotlities and all stored Air Force equipment and
supplies.
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. The 196001 Detachnant, acs, provided air base ecamunications :
“aurisig the periods
The Slol Detachment, AWS, served facilities for
weather observation ond foregastings
the 1902—1 MATS Support Detache
meat supplied passenger and oarge terai nel facilities.
8.
Post Pasilities.
The axbparacraphs below describe. sotivities
of those facilities whose activities were of historical interest —
during the report periods
If no mention of a facility is made below,
it ia either covered ia another section of this instal inent or it
operated ia * normal ANDO? with ‘ao wmusual Procrese or problemse -7 ,
~ eo e “Bousolidated Messe ‘Rebintistatton of the serving Line
sa theHorthwingof the xésswis‘poupteted on 14 March,
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"whatts“nowUsedas a day roc,’"wlllSerecpened as a ness ‘roomwhe.
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the cocaston demande, and day room ‘faotlities provided in the Servise - .
Club.
Absorption of the increased population was affected ty
this mess without incident,
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