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basis as far as J-3 activitieswere concerned. Previousto the
arrivslof Lt. Col. Woolnough,J-3 functions were handledby Lt. CO1.
Huston, who was acting in a dual capacity as a deputyJ-1 and J-3.
Little actual planning could be accomplished sincethe decisionhad
been to centerthis phaseof J-3 activitiesh iiashington
as long as
the WC scientificstaffremainedthere. However,therewere a number
of operationaldetailswhich logicallyfell to J-3 to work out, and
coordinationof planswith the local comanders, particularly
CinCPac;
CG, 7th Ah Force and CG, PacDiv,ATC took up a greatdeal of tb.
Immdiate and closeliaisonwas set up with the Navy Task Group
Headquarters(TG 7.3). iklmiral
Denebrink(CTG7.3) housedhis staff
in CinCPacHeadquartersat Pearl,and the physicalprokimityof this
locationto Fort Shaftergreatlyaided closecoordination.fiith
respectto the Air Forces,it was not possibleto establishsuch close
liaison,as Headquarters,
Air Forces,JTF-7was in ‘Washington
and $he
Air Task Groupwas betig set up from the $th Air Force at Fort i~orth.
The Amy Task Group (TG 7.2) was alreadyoperatingin the forwardarea
underMajor Hussey,commandingthe 1220thProvisionalEngineer
Battalion. This Task Group passedto the commandof ErigadierGeneral
D. A. D. C@en upon his arrivalwith the detactint of the 2d ESB on
19 December. The physicaldistanceseparatingthese four Task Group
Headquartersfrom JTF-7 Headquartersand Task Group 7.1 made close
coordinationdifficult. This difficultywas furthercomplicatedby
havtigtwo major echelonsof the Task ForceHeadquarters,
with the
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