Some additional vehicles, Worid War Il types of gencra!l-purLuse vehicles, were miade avail wbic by the AEC and Project 1.8. Project 1.8 also authorized the temporary use of some of the jeeus which were later to be used as test vehicles, and t4o of the projects, Naval Rediolcgice! De- fense Laboratory (NRDI.) and Looku:t Mountain Laboratory, provided a number of their own vehicles. During the peak of the operation there were 121 vehicles of all types in use by TG 7.1 on Eniwetok and 110 similariy in uSe on Bikini Atoll. By types and owners thes: were as follows; 34-ton (4 x 4) woo winch 2'4-ton (6 x 6) w/winch 2'5-ton (6 x 6) w.’o winch 5-ton (6 x 6) truck-tractors 2'..-ton decontamination trucks 1¥%-ton trailers, wat-r, 450 gal USAF 74-ton truck-tractors a'/,-ton (6 x 6) flat bed trucks §-ton wrecker T-ton wrecker AEC t/ton (4 x 4) (World War I) 34-ton (4 x 4) (World War 0) 144-ton (6 x 6) (World War 1) 72 20 ~ NNW Ooo J '%-ton (4 x 4) 3/-ton (4< 4) w winch Number c frre NO JTFSEVEN Type ray QQAno Owner | '/ -ton (4 x 4) (test vehicles} NRDL 1 -ton (4 x 4) TU-9 ¥-ton (4 x 4) 5 oa bp Project 1.8 om ~~ @g— ~~ so. The new military vehicles were pescured 37 JTF SaVEN and shipped to the Forward Are. where they were processed and iss ..2 by TG 7.2 on metcusineum receipt to the J-4 Secthe., Prior to the first shot, most of the vehicles on the upper islands of Bikini Atoll were evacuated to Enyu and Eninman where they were used by TG 7.1 personnel in preparing for subsequent shots. These were grad:ually evacuated to Enivetok as the shot schedule progressed so that by Morgensternthe total nur:ber of TG 7.1 vehicies at Bikini was eight. “These were recovered! At Eniwetok 2 concérted effort was made to reduce the number of assigned vehicles by_ turning them over to the J-4 Sectica, particularly after the departure of UCRL personne! , The vehicles were turned in to the HEN maintenance shops for first and second echelon maintenance and then returned to TG 7.2 for disposition. 3.7.6 Intra-atoll Boat Service The intra-atoll boat service was set up to provide efficient boat transportation for both Bikini and Eniwetok. The system provided for scheduled runs between established island camps and for nonscheduled trips to outlying islands and lagoon stations. It was also necessary to furnish boat transportation for evacuation of both personnel and material and to provide for boats and DUKW’s for the recovery of records and samples after the shots. At Eniwetok the surface lift was handled by the H&N boat pool which maintained an average of ten LCM’s, four LCU’s, and two water taxis in operation. Dispatching of boat trips was accomplished by the H&N Marine Department. Requests for trips by the Scientific Group were _ made to the J-3 Section which in turn scheduled the trips with the H&N dispatcher and issued boat request forms. In cases of conflict or when there were insufficient boats available, the 43