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to departing the Z.I.
An additional supply of spare parts, brought from
Oahu by the 18th Engineers Construction Company, were turned over to the
Maintenance Plateon. ‘in general, the Engineer spare parts proved to be
adequate except for gaskets and o11 seals, which were air shipped from,
Oahu from time to time.
Due to the concentration of engineer equipment
on the zero islands it was decided to locate the platoon at Runit Island,
which proved to be an ideal location.
Eniwetok the first part of April.
The platoon was moved back to
The Engr Maint Platoon and an adequate
stock of spare parts .proved to be invaluable in the,accomplishment of the
Engineer Companies' mission.
ioe is.
The Ordnance Maintenance Detachment of the 1220th Prow Engr Bn, commended by Capt SMM, consisting of one Officer and forty EN, was
responsible for all maintenance of ordnance and QM equipment above second
echelon repair.
This Detachment was well organized and operated very
efficiently from Eniwetok Island.
The supply of spare parts for ordnance
equipment was, in general, adequate, except for a few items such as seals,
gaskets, and clutch plates.
The available supply of spare parts for the
QM cargo handling equipment proved entirely inadequate; consequently a
large quantity of this equipment was returned on early shipping AS.UN=
serviceable.
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An adequate supply of parts for this equipment would have
precluded thie action, and alleviated the acute shortage of cargo handling
equipment.
This shortage was somewhat relieved by the receipt of additional
forklifts from the Oakland Army Base, which were shipped on the last
supply turn-around of the USS Yancey.
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