The system operated extremely well and movement of personnel ashore was
rapid.
Staff sections“find Rad-Safe were normally fully operational ashore no
later than 1200, and a noon meal was served at the Enyu mess hall to the
early re-entrants.
In order to decrease the load on the camp facilities,
most of the Enyu residents ate lunch aboard ship on shot days.
was normally fully operational again by H + 8 hours.
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The camp
SAMPLE RETURNS
Prior to the overseas phase of Redwing, a study of the transportation
requirements for delivery of radioactive samples to the ZI laboratories was
submitted to JTF 7. As a result of this study and subsequent discussions,
the following flight schedule for return of samples was established:
Flyaway 1
Flyaway 2
Flyaway 3
H + 6 to 10 hours
p
H + 24 to 36 hours
4
. D+ 4 to 5 days
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In addition to these flights, which were to be made after most of the
shots, provisions were made for the transport of samples by first priority
MATS flights when necessary. During the course of the operation, this service was not utilized to any great extent as samples from one shot were
airlifted with samples of a subsequent shot, resulting in the use of fewer
aircraft than originally scheduled.
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Flyaway aircraft were R6D, capable under normal wind conditions of
arriving at Albuquerque within 24 hours after take-off, including’a 30 to 40
minute refueling stop at Hickam AFB.
The total number of seats available on each Flyaway for monitors,
couriers, passengers, and the sample-return project officers was held to a
maximum of ten.
All personnel were customs-cleared at Eniwetok by a
member of MATS who was authorized by the U. S. Customs Service to per-
form that duty.
Staff handling of samples included the combined efforts of J-3 and J-4
of TG 7.1, in conjunction with the J-4 Section of JTF 7. J-3 coordinated
and supervised the recovery, transportation, and turnover of samples to J-4,
The J-4 Section, through its representative on Eniwetok, received the
radioactive samples from the projects, made sure that they were properly
packaged, marked, and monitored, and informed JTF 7 of the load and esti-
mated time of departure of the aircraft.
Each Flyaway aircraft was as-
signed a Sample Return Project Officer, whose responsibility was the delivery of each sample to a representative of the laboratory concerned. All
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