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20,
;
ROMEO hed
1 erdghielly been scheduled,‘as ‘the ‘sixth shots ‘it

‘as now advanced’‘to the number two position on the schedule, Despite
| the tine consumed in recovering from.the effects of BRAVO, it was
possible io ‘reschedule‘Rawofor vB March, with ‘the interval between oa
« eee.AEC we

the firstBo shots only‘to daysonger,than had been called for in.
the originalpre-BRAVO schedule,
.

21.

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om a2 Marchall vas in‘readiness, and the shot-day minus one

* geheduile w| as5 begun. Bete
noon, OTF seven indicated that ‘there was some
uncertainty as to. whether! thewinsvould permit firingend the sortie
was delayed.‘Sortly,after2
1600 word was‘receivedto resume the”

'

. schedule, and ships began movingoutof7“Tagocn|to their ‘stations,a
MOLALA and the wats sailed at 2700, wath.‘others following asthay,com|
a

” pleted their tasks. By 1900thelagoonwasclear. At 1928wordwas:
"receded4
‘that the shot had been postponed|because of. unfavorableWeather,
Thus began a ‘two week dng delay white the‘Task Fores waitedfor ‘the
winds to change 80 ‘that ROMEO could,be safelyfired, Oa this first”
abortive: attempt ‘the formation remained at sea through the night end’
returned to the lagoon¢

following morning, backing up the shot-day |

‘minus one procedure until the minus two day disposition had been reformed.

The Task Force remained in a readiness condition varying from

minus one to minus three until the shot was finally fired.

Minus one

day was again declared on 19 March. - Once more the movements began, and

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