CHAPTER IV, SECTIONS 5 and 6 was handlec thivusgh the Project Manager’s office on Elmer and the Avsistant Resident Manager’s office on Tare. Week Ending 2-7-54 2-14-54 2-21-54 2-28-54 Flight 1 Tare Fred ou 36 83 65 Flight 2 Tare Fred 94 88 104 86 30 36 43 43 9-7-54 3-14-54 3-21-54 3-28-54 Flight 3 Tare Fred 82 26 48 27 52 Intra-atoll island air transportation at Eniwetok Atoll was provided by the Air Force via small liaison planes of the L-13 class and helicoprers of the H-13 and H-19 class. Air dispatchers were located at the Elmer and Ursula airfields during the operational phase when traffic was heaviest. In June and July of 1953, Week Ending Passenger traffic was heaviest during the month of February 1954 andis indicated in the following table: 65 85 81 69 29 33 9 101 102 58 42 36 52 50 9 Totai Passengers 14 404 17 45 461 498 25 444 due to a shortageof pilots, curtailment of service was necessary and transportation services were provided by water taxis. Interisland ‘lift at Eniwetok reached a peak in March of 1954 and the following table indicates the volum« of passenger traffic for this month. Number of Flights L-13 H-13 H-19 280 230 162 184 Flight 4 Tare Fred — 37 131 98 Passengers Carried L-13. H-13 -H-19 838 690 483 540 45 42 26 41 _— 96 254 246 At Bikini, interisland air support was provided by helicopters solely, thus eliminating the need for construction of airstrips at the various sites. Helicopter pads, consisting primarily of small areas of stabilized coral, were provided at each camp site. This se:vice was first initiated on June 1953 and proved to be of material assistance because of the craft’s ability to land small working parties at isolated locations. In need for them arose. During the period cf heey traffic, dispatchers were located at each camp site to coordirate the needs of the elements of the Task Force. Passenger traffic for the month of Januaryis indicated below: boat travel. Flights were placed on a schedule basis with provisions for special flights as the 24 January 31 January addition it eliminated considerable lost time in Week Ending 3 January 10 January 17 January No. of Fiights No. of Passengers 231 856 276 1037 447 447 554 1473 1552 1753 SECTION 6 LAND TRANSPORTATION The vehicles available for land transportation were allocated to the various sites according te the actual needs of earth. These vehicles were olaced in motor pools under the ccntrol of a dispatcher. At sites other than Elmer and Tare, the duties of the dispatcher were assumea by a cle’ ~ additional duties. Permanent assigni. hicles from the pools were perFa . i8 mitted to certain individuals where the need for this was quite evident. With a few -xceptions, all veh: 'es were required 10 be returned to the pool at the end of the davy’s work. _. Daily bus service was proviced at Elmer with the route passing the inain installations on that site. Bus rcrvice was provided to and from