and prepare revetments for the use of the drone test planes, construction
of a drone plane stop on the end of the airstrip, the removal of
pierced steel matting from the revetment area and erection of a fire
and alert siren on the water tower at the Bomber hiess,
TECHNICAL DATA FROM OPERATIONAL REPORTS.
Construction on these islands, Eniwetok and Parry, was performed by detachments from Headquarters Company, 532nd EB & SR, stationed
on Eniwetok.
Technical requirements were relatively few and simple.
Pressure of time did not ordinarily permit the drawing and reproduction
of detailed plans, and work was carried out by means of penciled sketches,
verbal instructions and on-the-spot decisions. as most of the work was
not critical with regard to holding to precise dimensions, this arrangement worked well and resulted in considerable saving of time.
A brief
description of each project is deemed sufficient to present the picture.
Control Station (Parry Island).
Requirements existed for the con~
struction of an air-conditioned room, 12' x 12' x 8', elevated to a
height of approximately fifteen feet.
Reflector Tower (Parry Island).
Requirements existed for the
erection of a wooden tower fifteen feet in height, strong and large
enough to support two thirty inch searchlight reflectors.
Telemetering Installations (Parry Island).
Construction to satis-
fy these requirements consisted of rehabilitating an existing Quonset
Hut, installing electric generators, placing guy wires on a 100 foot
steel Navy Survey tower, string strands of co-axial cable to the top
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