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code names on the ocean side.
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tesis Enewetak, Medren, and Japtan Islands
_--:ec the command, administrative, logistic, and technic = - suppori facilities, and the isiets in the northern and
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8:8 the detonations at Enewetak, and Fig illustrates the
i281 iocations on the atoll
The nuclear testing program required the mobilization
a
operations over more than a decade were conducted by a
series of Joint Task Forces (JTFs). consisting of Army,
Navy, Air Force, and AEC elements, in a coordinated
operational command.
The commander was a senior mili-
"sonnel and the estabnshment of laboratories, shops, and
‘quarters. in addition to port facilities and an air ter-
tary officer of flag rank and had as his deputy a senior
AECscientist.
The test detonations were grouped in series which,
typically, lasted several months. During the times ‘between
series—usually a year or more—the support apparatus
continued to function. This availability of logistic and
“auto mainland bases as far as 8000 miles away. Test
establishment of a laboratory facility. The AEC interest in
-: 2 vast assemblage of scientists, technicians, and support
‘a connect wih a supply system extending through
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‘administrative support made it feasible to consider the