" ue “ vrur United States with the same non-consumable material they brought to the area, CURTISS carried the AEG test material snd device speres for return to the ABQ. end TG 7.1 trailers. BAIROKO lifted short range Air Force aircraft AINSWORTH carried a misll nuaber of personnel; her passenger capacity waa only partially used ainece most personnel ef other groups returned to the United States by air. SEAMS 3. The roll-up of the Air Force Task Group's outlying weather stations was acceaplished by LST $51 md BELLE GROVE, BELLE GROVE rolled-up the Rongerik station. In establishing this station in dane wary LST 551 had received serious demage in beaching, and the LST's experience, plus a naval survey conducted efter YANKEE led to the conclusion that heaching there by on L8Y was imprectieal, Accoaplishmeant of the task by LCUs escorted by an aTF was contemplated, tut, se the shot achedule worked outy BELLE GLOVE besane afaileble to do the gob. Air Force material on the base faland et Bnagerik included an eleven ten trailer, an inoperative DEKW, radio equipment ani other instruments, a fresh water distillation unit, refrigerstor, « forklift truck end a nuaber of helium cylinders, ‘There also was a Project 6.6 ionespheric recording station with encther eleven ton trailer, a tro and a half ton power onit end miscellensous equipment. Much of the islent meoface was soft sand, waking the mowing job difficult. BELLE GROVE tock aboard two Navy LCs, ons Holmes ani Rarver LOU, trucks and mowing and lifting equipment, and with Air Force ani Scientific personnel sboard to assist in the task, left for Rongerick on 14 Kay. AFWL/HO ' — ~