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k.
Planning for an operation should commence at least
If this is done, money and
six months before field operations.
manpower will be saved.
1.
An adequate field laundry should be provided.
present type field laundry does only rough dry work.
The
The quality
of its work was unsatisfactory and had a demaging effect on morale.
A complete laundry should include water treatment facilities, and
pressing and starching facilities for cotton clothing.
m.
Any used equipment shipped to an overseas destination
such as this should be thoroughly tested and inspected by a responsible person, who will sign an inspection certificate to be attached,
before it is crated for shipment.
In the event unserviceable equip-
ment is shipped, responsibility can then be placed.
Many items of
used machinery were shipped to this project without such inspection
_ and without spare parts.
At the time of shipment many such items
required major repair work.
Unless spare parts are available for
' shipment with or ahead of the basic machine, used machinery should
not be shipped.
ne
Machinery in need of repair should never be shipped.
Liaison planes were very useful time-savers.
panes must fly off 1000-ft air strips.
Such
Sinoe distances are short,
speed is not an important qualification.
o-
Since swimming was an important and very popular
form
of recreation, it is recommended that the following
articles of equipment be included in future operations:
Durable underwater masks.
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