3-12 iy establish and support the island scientific stations outside of the EPG; and provided most of the shipboard communications, CTG 7.3 was responsible for positioning arrays and devices for the undere water shots and assisted extensively in the launching and tracking of the Yucca balloon. TG 7.3 took an active part in recovery operations including the location and recovery of nose cones and similar items and did most of the worl: :r. the decontaminetion of ships and craft. The Boxer transported several of the devices to the forw2rd area and HSTS continued to provide re-ularly scheduled surface lift between the West Coast and the ='G, .«s the operational period approoched, lSTS increased the frequency of scilings and provided two special ships to expedite the shipe ment of large numbers of scientific trailers, for local surface lift. Two I'STS T«IST's were assimed They, together with the I'STS transport Ainsworth, augmented the Navy's evacuation capability. The Navy carried out alteretions on a number of Naval ships and craft and one ITS vessel as necessary for their support of scientific functions. As shown in Table 3.4, the sir Force provided sampler aircraft; effects, photographic and other scientific project aircraft; helicopters at Bikini and Eniwetok; liaison planes; intereatoll air lift and off-atoll- support, ‘leather planes and much of the weather service were also rrovided by the Air Force. 1::TS provided air lift of military personnel between the “est Coast and Eniwetok, and of contractor personnel between Hickam and tniwetok. In addi- tion, ii:TS lifted hundreds of tons of urgent freight, furnished all of the sample return services, lifted most of the devices from the United States to Eniwetok, and in several cases, returned them to the US for modification and brought them ont again, AOe nv ree Re Details and statistics of a number of the items of support provided by / CoPiEn LAK; pe JE —_- PAGE $F bf