,
oe
Each of the service units of the first echelon immediately
organized and put into operation their services.
APO 187 was in
full operation on Eniwetok on 5th December 1947, although mail
service began on the same day the convoy anchored with the delivery
of the incoming mail on the island waiting the arrival of the troops.
Quartermaster was shore, and in full“ dperation from the first day“of
their arrival, to provide rations for the debarking troops.
Ne
The
supply units had established warehouses and received the cargo as
it was unloaded from the ships.
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