CHAPTER I, SECTION 1 (Neg. No. W-1009-11) Figure No. 1-1. Fred Runway — Looking Northeast. indicated, and measures were immediately put into effect to accomplish this prior to another Operation. A Class “A” Print Shop was authorized on 3 January 1958 and wasin full operation by early April. A Photographic Laboratory was constructed in the new H&N Administration Building and was completely equipped to provide mission in HARDTACK,and presented a challenge which was accepted and accomplished with a minimum of time lost. No delay of test events was occasioned through the inability of H&N to meet the readiness dates requested by other elements of the Task Force. full coverage of all phases of the Operation, in- CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW. SPHERE OF OPERATIONS. Upon the completion of Operation REDWINGin August 1956, Scientific Stations and other structures were rolled up, secured, operated cluding support to the Class “‘A”’ Print Shop. The sphere of operations for HARDTACK was expanded to include not only Johnston Island, but also new construction on Truk, Rongelap, Ponape, and Nauru Atolls, 660, 280, 370, and 770 nautical miles respectively from Eniwetok Atoll. In all, the off-atoll sites included Weather Stations at Utirik, Kusaie, Kapingamarangi, Wotho, and Ujelang. Construction and service activities encompassed 33 islands in Eni- on a minimum scale, or abandoned to place EPG on a stand-by status. Also during this period all property and equipment returned as excess from off-island sites were processed and stored against future needs. Items were completely dismantled, sandblasted, painted, re-assembled, and treated with preservative material as indica- ted in each case. Routine maintenance measures wetok Atoll and 20 islands in Bikini Atoll. The were performed on special and critical items of re-usable equipment which could be maintained for the closest coordination of effort between Jobsite and Home Office to accomplish H&N’s Periodic inspections were also performed on all mothballed facilities to ensure that preservative complexity and magnitude of the program called Page 18 more economically outside of a mothball status.