Tempo of seenon, (ncreased during the
period.
Augmentation personnel and equipment arrived an® was processed.
Additional 13 aircraft were received for use during the pork operational
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period.
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A detachnent of three Aray helieepter pilots and five enlisted necha~
nics, who arrived in Jane, vere placed om epecial duty with the 493lst ss
to augment zir transportation facilities,
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Fort Operations,
Shipping operations during the period were consol-
idated onder Det 1, 373ra TranePort Pa.
Increases in both tonnage and in
the nuzber of ships processed were noted. TableY on page 52 summarizes
these activities.
7,
Air Operations,
During May, a total of 107, 84 tons of incoming air
freight (including passengers) and 49,73 tons of outgoing were processed.
During Jane, the figures were 93.02 and $9.01 tone, Fespectively. A more
detailed analysis of air traffic appears as Table IV on pare 51. eS
8.
Supply,
Depot
The growth of the garrisonis Ray and June, and the
resultant ‘equirenents for additional ‘working wraoe, reralt ot ia the decte
sion to utilise Detldinga as a there echelon’ ordzanceshop, and Palreing |
78 tes the oatusive storage of nea-pertsbade rabsiatonce,
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Both.these |
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paildings “had previously been need for depot applyactivities, andthei
loss from thie ectirity’ erented 2 storages problem.
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The solution to the probler was the erection ofsecond fieore a the -,
remining varehouses, By the end of the report period, ‘wach floors have :
been erected in Buildings 62 end 65, About 3500 square feet of storage
space was thns obtained in each buildingie”
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