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The Ordnance Maintenance Team was formed in October 1947.
The
personnel was detailed from various organizations of Ordnance Service
in Honolulu.
It consistedof one (1) officer and twenty~seven (27)
enlisted men.
The team boarded LST 45 November 15, 1947 and arrived in Eniwetok
1 December 1947.
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On arriving on the beach the duty of the Ordnance Maintenance
Team was to service and maintain all Ordnance vehicles.
The team set up a complete third echelon automotive shop.
Also
set up a motor pool dispatching approximately seventy-five (75) vehicles.
Upon the arrival of 532nd EB & SR the maintenance of approximately
one hundred twenty-five (125) vehicles fell on the Ordnance team.
With the arrival of A.E.C. additional fifty (50) vehicles were |
added to the maintenance roster.
When the close of the project is ordered the maintenance team
will process all vehicles for shipment.
To date the team has completed one thousand twenty-seven (1027)
jobs orders of various nature.
The Ordnance Supply team of the 1218th Composite Service Platoon,
1220th Provisional Engineer Battalion; under the leadership of Lieut.
WE 20d Technician Fourth Grade QR Landed on
Iniwetok on 29 November 1947.
officer.
This team consisted of 19 men and one
Their mission on this task force was the storage and issue
of Ordnance Automotive parts, both second and third echelon.
By
Christmas 1947, the supply warehouse had been put in operating con-
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