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operations.
Most of the personnel for this Task Unit were selected from
the 16th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron of the 55th Reconnaissance Groupe
de
‘Task Unit 7.404 (Weather) was established to provide a com-
plete weather service for Operation SANDSTONE.
Ground weather detachments
formed by the Continental Weather Wing and supervised by Major Louis A.
Gazzaniga, located at Eniwetok, Rongerik, Majuro, and Wake were established
in addition to a weather detachment located at Kwajalein:.to.meet* the re-
quirements for ground observation.
The air weather detachment consisting
of eight (8) B-29's from the 514th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, commanded by ilajor SR, was also established at Kwajalein to meet
the air observation requirements and to track the atomic cloud.
The
primary interest of Joint Task Force SEVEN in tracking the cloud and air
currents carrying the radioactive residue remaining after the visible cloud
dissipated, was stimulated by the necessity of insuring that nohazardous
"fall out" of radioactive particles occurred overpopulated areas outside
the vicinity of the test site.
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Task Unit 7.4.5 (Air Rescue), organized by the Air Transport
Command and commanded by Captain Sq was placed under the
operational control of Task Group 7.4 to provide normal air rescue service
in the operating area.
f.
Task Unit 7.4.6, Army Airways Communications System,
furnished by the Air Transport Command, was assigned, in addition to
normal ‘operating functions, the responsibility of relaying weather information to Headquarters Joint Task Force SEVEN.
These AACS Units were
located adjacent to the weather units to facilitate thie.
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