??stirnated
Total!&n Days - 4809
It was laterfolnvl
that the requirementsfor materialso determined
were adequatefor the mission,and that *9 work sohsduleby man days
.
was feasible.
Logisticsinvolvedin initialmovementto Eniwetok: In earlyOctober
1947,the lBth l?n@neerConstructionConpsuIy
was alertedfor movementRS
the advancedetachmentto prepareEniwetokfor the receptionand housing
of a largerbody of troopsto cxmnefroIsthe 21, and to comence operatio~l
construction.In orderto providethe additionalequipmentneoessary
for this job, the TO& E of the.18thEngineerConstruction
CompanyWas
supplemented
by a list of equipment,preparedby ColonellUlley,JTF-7
Engineer. About 20 Qotober1947,It wesdeoidedto expandthis advance
detachmentto bsttalionsizein orderto providea more balanoedorganization,utilizingthe 18th EngineerConstructionCompanyas the construction
unit, with Signal,supply,OrdnanoeMaintenance,Laundry,Stevedore,rater
Distillation,
Refrigeration,
Mess and Personnelteams addedto form the
1220thProvisions.1
EhgineerBattalion(TopographicConetruotion.)(The
words Topo-Constwere added solelya8 a uecuritymeeaurein orderto
eoreenthe movementby linkingthie new unit with other recentlyexpanded
units operatingthroughoutthe Pacifl.c
on topographicmissions.) All
units of the 1220thProvisionalBattalionwere organizedunder cellular
TO & Et8 of the 500 serie6,includingequipmentand personnel. The
organizationof this un5t was as follower
sectionIV
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