et te - departments of Commission and the three rgy Ene mic Ato the by in y participated Chiefs of Staff and jointl was approved by the Joint " July 1949, ond the SE OU NH EE GR '" ion the operation started in Operat Operation. Plans for this for nt Age ive ility as Execut 0. C., i” was given the responsib located in Washington, ense. The Air Force the Department of Def operation was physically this of ers art dqu hea Although the was | November 1949. the personnel of STF-3 Joint Task Force THREE performed. In all, 95%of -- actual activationof ly ual act e wer s test the area where personnel to the forward ion to move considerable rat ope this for ry a ess ‘= was nec on the Eniwetok Atoll. d in the forward area ate loc r the movement of military and ano or e were at one tim ertaking. It required the und s dou men tre a was a ward are and personne! to the for ation. and operational material or ship to the forward loc -The movementof the test n 5000 miles more by air the ond : on, ati ark Emb of the ZI to the Port e predomrage of 3000 miles within tests, These personnel wer “civilian personnel an ave ore the actual time of the bef ths mon lve twe to ht approximately eig lished. e moved to the forward site scientific test to be accomp Considerable personnel wer facilities in timefor the und gro g vin pro the te to activa prime responsibility was construction men, whose inately the working and/or in the early stages ll were moved forward Ato the ure Island. sec and rol to pat facilities on the Eniwetok Military Police forces uct the housing and living str con to a are d war for talion was moved to the my 79th Construction Bat struction consisted mainly in December, 1949 the Ar mes and Narver. This con Hol of firm ng cti tra con by the AEC er ‘slands was performed es such as clubs, outg and focilities on the oth sin ~~ hou of ion uct str con nts, recreational faciliti pla > The n tio era rig ref es, faciliti er distilling lities, power plants, wat ldings and sanitation faci bui ice off rs, rte qua * of living personnel « health and moral of the aad y otherfacilities for the rts, playing field and man the air effort and the door theaters, tennis cou ties which could handle ili fac new uct str con to, as well‘Os on facilities on Kwajalein ting pier. ovate existing administrati ren to ary ess nec was p and an extension to the exis “1 truction os a new landing stri uidedcons -feertitiexincl ed of the Navy. orere-rew uir req ties bili onsi resp ng ppi shi