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CHAPTER 4
SUPPLY AND ADMINISTRATION
4.1
SUPELY
Procurement of equipment presented problems that need to be considered between operations. Because of the temporary nature of Rad-Safe units, no table of required equipment was
available prior to the organization of TU 7.
4.1.1
Methods of Procurement
Eight months prior to the operation a table of equipment was set up as a result of conferences with members of the Health Division, LASL, and examination of shipping documents of
Operation Greenhouse. First estimates indicated a need for 13 tons of equipment occupying
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The following five procurement channels became apparent after study:
1. Equipment loan from Overseas Test Section, AEC, Los Alamos, N. Mex.
2. Equipment loan from H Division, LASL, Los Alamos, N. Mex,
3. Equipment loan {zom Weapons Effects Test Group, Field Command, AFSWP, Sandia
Base, Albuquerque, N. Mex,
4. Outright purchase from funds of TG 132.1 by the Supply and Property Department,
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5. Equipment loan and issue by supply agencies of the Department of the Army through
action of the J-4 Section, JTF 132.
With a view to economyandutilization of available equipment, outright purchase from
funds in the amount of $2500 was limited to nonmilitary expendable supplies, e.g., film badges
and special envelopes.
All the above agencies were extremely cooperative in providing equipment for the overseas Operation and contributed immeasurably to the success of the operation.
In the interests of economy, effort, and maintenance, it is feasible to recommend a consolidation of test operations equipment under one agency. This would relieve the several agencies
of equipment storage between operations and would simplify overseas transportation problems.
Such a consolidation could consider both overseas and continental test equipment.
4.1.2
Transportation
Task Unit equipment was shipped primarily by water two months prior to the operation
and arrived without material loss or damage. Early establishment of a supply echelon in the
FA facilitated the delivery of unit equipment. Ninety-five per cent of the equipment was on
hand one month prior to the operation.
Two trailers, radiochemical and photodosimetric, were loaded on and off-loaded from the
USS Rendovaat the San Diego Naval Air Station prior to and after the operation. Electrical
$ cable-connection troubles were solved en routé-to the FA by members of the unit.
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