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TASK UNIT INTERD! REPORTS AT THE TEST SITE
Technical Measurements,
Prior to the arr?.al of the Task Group at Eniwetok, It, E. C,
Vicars, USN had flown to the test site as advance representative for
Task Unit 7.6.6, arriving on § March,
On this mission Lt. Vicars
assisted in the planning for island construction necessary to acc. ate
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installations for technical measurements projects to be carried out by
TG 7.6.
Hull, he outlined the program in detail and continued to attend the
regular staff meetings of TG 7.2 as representative of TU 7.6.6.
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the following period, until the arrival of the BAIROKO, Lt. Vicars nade
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sevoral trips to oach of the ZERO islands in order to become familiar
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with the personnel in charze of island construction, the facilities
available for use by the Technical Measurements Unit and the relation
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of their work to that being carried on by the Bureau of Yards and Docks
When the BAIROKO reached Eniwetok Atoll it was first anchored off
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Eniwretok Island,
required for the technical measurements under TG 7.6 alone with a croup
of operating personnel ashore on Ingebi Island.
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Meeting with representatives of TG 7,2 and tho staff of General
This was accomplished
within a few days after arrival,
Technical measurements being carried out under TU-7.6.6 were quite
diverse in
nature but in most cases relatively simple,
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