ENCLOSURE
DISCUSSION
1.
INTRODUCTION
a.
On & July 1955 Commander, Joint Task Force SEVEN (CJTF SEVEN) received
instructions from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to prepare for and conduct Operation
REDWING at the AEC Pacific Proving Ground (PPG).
Rear Admiral B. Hall Hanlon,
USN, Commander, Joint Task Force SEVEN was designated by the Chairman, Atomic
Energy Commission as the senior representative of the AEC at the PPG effective
15 March 1956. The command post opened on Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall
Islands, on 15 April and closed on 23 July 1956.
b.
Eighteen detonations were scheduled for the operation.
Seventeen of
the original eighteen were detonated; one device, PAWNEE, was cancelled because
of the success of LACROSSE,
from,
Yields of the various weapons and devices ranged
DELETED
Sclentific and weapons effects experimental
programs were conducted in conjunction with these detonations,
This report
covers the operational, security, communications, logistical, administrative
and fiscal aspects of JIF SEVEN.
The Task Force Commarder's Report Film,
Operation REDWING will be completed and forwarded on or about 1 October 1956.
c.
tion.
The planning date of 1 May 1956 was established for the first detonaOn 23 March 1956 CJIF SEVEN reported to the Executive Agent that the
task force expected to be ready to conduct its first detonation on schedule.
The following is a tabulation of detonations:
SHOT_NAME
CHEROKEE
LACROSSE
ZUNI
ERIE
SEMINOLE
YUMA
FLATHEAD
BLACKFOOT
READY DATE
SCHEDULE
DATE OF
DETONATION
1 May
1 May
21 May
5 May
23 May
31 May
TED Eniwetok - Tower
28 May
Eniwetok - Tower
8 May
28 May
1 June
2 June
7 June
YIELD
Bikini - Ground
6 June
Eniwetok = Ground
12 June
12 June
Bikini - Barge
Eniwetok - Tower
INCA
NAVAJO
HURON
8 June
8 June
12 June
OSAGE
1, June
16 June
9
1 July
3 duly
_
DAKOTA
13 June
26 June
Se
,
es
Eniwetok — Tower
Bikini - Barge
Eniwetok - Barge
Bikini ~ Barge
Eniwetok = Air Drop
KICKAPOO
APACHE
18 June
20 June
TEWA
PAWNEE
7 duly
2i July 5.0 7 0.25 WM
Bikini - Barge
(On a contingent basis depending on performance of LACROSSE)
MOHAWK
1 June
9 July
LOCATION AND
TYPE SHOT
Bikini - Air Drop
Eniwetok - Ground
28 May
22 June
1i July
22 July
AED
COPIED/DNE
TT
Eniwetok — Tower
Eniwetok ~- Barge
Eniwetok - Tower
REST
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