Narrative Summary (cont'd) craft approximately four (4) days after the originally scheduled departure for that troop space. One (1) airman was sent to the Zone of interior to be administered the aviation cadet examinations and is scheduled to report to Kwajalein immediately upon his return to Hickam, One (1) airean vas held at Hickam in order to process his discharge and reenlistment on 2 October 1952. Upon completion of this process he will be ship-od to Kwajelein, The fifth airman was hospitalized five (5) days prior to his scheduled departure and because of his indefinite release date, a quary to the advance echelon of this element was directed in order to establish vhether the troop space requirement, administrative clerk, could be deleted, An affirmative response was received and the space was deleted from the manning requirements, During the pericd 20 August to 5 September 1952, a second supply survey team visited Kwajalein to obtain a last minute run-down on the supply status prior to dispatch of our advance echelon. The information obtained at that time was to the effect that. only a token percentage ine crease in supplies was noted since our earlier visit of approximately thirty (30) days previous. Of 3665 items requisitioned, 3221 items were on hand, roughly eighty-six (86) percent of the total, It wes estimated on the previous survey that between eighty (80) and eighty-five (85) percent of supplies were on hand at that time, It was also noted at the time of this second survey that many critical items of WB-29 parts and meintenence equipment had not as yet appeared at Kwajalein, Tne supply situation became considerably clearer on the third of September, at which tim BEST AVAIL 3 ABLE Copy of supplies was received