J-3 SECTION,JOINTTASK FUME SEVEN
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Planning and Organization
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und: By approvalof JCS 1795/1on 10 September1947,the Joint
Backizro
Chiefsof *aff authorizedthe organization
of a JointTask Groupto
provideArnwdForces
participation
in the proof-testing
of certaint~s
of atomicuea~na. On 30 September,the JointChiefsof StaffdesignatedLt. Gen. John E. Hull the Conmanderof this JointTaskGroup,with
MajorGeneralWilliamE. Kepnerand Rear Mmiral !llil.lisa
E. Parsonsas
his deputies. The directiveto GeneralHull providedthat,pendingthe
actualorganization
of the JointTask Group,he and the two deputies,
togetherwith a representative
of the AtomicEnergyCommission(AX ),
would serveas a specialccmnittee,to be knownas the JointProof-Test
Committee,underthe JointChiefsof Staff.’The directivefurther
providedthat the JointProof-TestCommitteewould draftthe necessary
policyfor: (a) the organization
of the Task Group (laterreferred
to as the Joint Task Force in orderto conformto standardAmy-Navy
terminology);
(b) the participation
of the severalcomponentsof the
A-d
Force8;md (c) the recmnded
actionon all aspectsof the
tests of concernto the Amwd Forces.
The J-3 Section,of what was to beccamJointTask ForceSeven,me
aetiratedon October9S 1947Swith tb ~ival
~ w~~gton
Col. J. K. Woolnough,UnitedStatesAmy, the firsttir
assignedto the %ct ion.
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