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“Report on Surwey Trip to Outlying Weather Islands
Upon arrival at Travia AFB, Major Bettis, JTF Liaison Officer, was
contacted and arrangements made for further transportation by MATS to Hickam
AFB. Also, on the basis of information from Major Hebner, a movement
schedule for WREP persomel was prepared, Lt Col Slater, Commander, Feae
ther Central Element, Provisional, arrived 6 September at Travis AFB. He
and I consolidated our movement schedules and sent them to Lt Col Barney,
Commander, 6th Weather Squadron (Mobile), Tinker AFB, Oklahoma along with
a report on supply procedures agreed upon with Major Hebnor, Col Slater
and I arrived at Hickam AFB 8 September where we were met by Lt Col Stane
ley, JTF Liaison Officer. Col Stanley arranged for transportation to our
quartersat Fort DeRussy and a conference with Lt Col Bon ot, JTF Staff
Weather Sfficer, who had arrived the day previous from Washington 25, D C.
Early next morning, Col Bonnot, Col Slater, and I journeyed to
Wheeler Field for a conferences with Dr Palmer and officers of the Cambridge
Research Center, who are studying tropical meteorology at that location.
The major topics of discussion was determination of size and charts to
use in the Teather Central.
Points comerning my organization (WREP)
were observing procedures and necessary supplies.
Both of the latter were
readily agreed upon by all concerned. After a weather briefing, Col
Bormot and I wisited Captain Knickerbocker, USN, JTF Seven Jo4 at Fort
Shafter. A major point discussed was a request that the Commanter of the
LST which will transport weather island equipment to and from the islands,
be requested to sign for the equipment on a manifest by boxes. This is
desired since it has been found that some of the equipment on previous
operations disappeared during the transportation process.
minor problems were discussed and readily agreed upon.
Other relatively
After lunch at
the MATS Terminal, Col Bonnot and I visited the 6&7 Strategic Reccnnaissance
Squadron, To my surprise, I found that I was considered somewhat of an
authcrity on rawinsonde operations since I came from the 6th ‘eather Squadron
(Mobile) which has produced some outstanding rawinsonde resulta during the
past year,
Some of the simple procedures we have been using was of great
interest to therm,
However, since much of the discussion which developed
later had little significance coneerning WREP operation, I left to visit
the base supply officer who holds all of the previous weather island equip-
ment. I met Captain “alker the BSO, but most of the rest of the afternoon
-disoussed the equipment with Mr DeFord, the chief civilian in Base Supply.
I made arrangements to see the equipment the mext morning. The next day,
Mr DeFord introduced me to Mr DeMello, who had been appointed project officer
for the weather island equipment. Mr DeMello has been personally in charge
of the segregation, inventory, inspection, and reconditioning of all the
equipment, I had previously been informed that oonsiderable delay had been
encountered in appointing someone for the abowe purpose and was greatly
ons.
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