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 \ period. s 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, 8 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, Mody we Both.these | . paildings “had previously been need for depot applyactivities, andthei loss from thie ectirity’ erented 2 storages problem. : \ 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” , BEST AVAILABLE COPY whe Pe Bows: ry RECT