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Speckl Staff:
The following officers of the Special Staff, USARPAC, were
briefed by Lt CO1 Starbird on their responsibilities as Special Sttif
officem of the Joint T&sk Force on 18 l?ovember19=47aad directed to sub.
mit plds for administration of their respective activities:
CO1 J W Hyssoon, JAGD, Jl?il’
Judge Advocate General.
Col E G Fletcher, IGD, “
Inspector Generale
Col T W Wells,
Special Services Officerm
Inf, B
Lt Col w R King,
~A,
n
Excknge Officer.
Major C EBrose,
Inf,
●
Troop I &E
Mr RHWilley,
CM? 14, *
Qfficer.
Director of Civili~ Personnel.
The above officers &lso drafted the appropriate annexes to IQ 1 amdYO
2 under the general supervision of J-1, JTF-?O
2.
~ission,
The missiou of Headquarters
Joint TaskYorce Seven
Forward(cablename -
Sandpiper)was to coordinateand superviseopera-
tions 2ertaining to JZP.7 in Oahu and the forward area, Planning, except
for purely loc~l matters, was the responsibility of the I&in Eeadqwters.
The principal early tasks of Sandpiper involv~
&
Organization and uountingof the initialforcefor Eniwetok
(1.220th
EngineerBattalion)c
b.
Procurement from local sources and shipment of materials
for reh~bilit~tion
of futilitiesd tiiuetok#d Kwajaleizb
c.
Coordination of matters re~ting to construction and re
habilitation of XwaJalein as a base for the air Task Group.
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