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DOD _PROGRS
Task Unit 7.1.3 was activated in the ZPG on 15 March 1958 and was or=
ganized to conduct approved weapon effects tests under the operational con-
trol of CTG 7.1 and the technical direction of Chief, AFSWP.
The organiza-
tion was broken into three operating units with Task Unit Headquarters and a
Deputy for Eniwetck, where the majority of projects were based, and Forwerd
Area Commands at Bikini and, after removal of zero sites for Teak and Oraize
were authorized, one at Johnston Island.
The Bikini staff was reduced to
one officer and one enlisted man after the Yucca event, but was again manned
in July for the Cuince shot, after completion of the Eniwetok participation.
Most of the personnel released at Bikini after Yucca, along with < small number from Eniwetok, formed the Johnston Island Steff.
This arrengement
provided efficient control over operations at both Bikini and Eniwetok as
well as the opening of Johnston Island activities with a minimum of overhead,
The Commander, Task Unit 7.1.3 Eniwetok, supported by a small staff
supervised theactivities of the Directors of 8 Programs and 55 Projects
grouped under them.
(Figure 4.1 includes Projects 2.5, 2.11, 4.1, 6.10,
6.12, 6.13 and 9,3 which participeted only in the Johnston Island phase).
During the Cperation in the EPG approximately 80 Task Unit 3 Staff Personnel
and 900 Project Personnel participated.
The peak strength was reached on
12April whan a total of 665 Task Unit 3 Personnel were present in the EPG.
Staff Personnel were furnished by Field Command, «FSP, with a small number
of augmentation personnel furnished by the various Armed Services upon the
request of the Chief, ‘FSWP,
Project personnel came brom the agencies liste
ed in the Orgenization Chart, Task Unit 3.
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The programs undertaken were extensive and varied, including maximum
efforts in three DOD shots, (Yucca, Wahoo and Umbrella),
Although date was
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collected on several shots, the prime objectives of the Program Six study of
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