any cargo necessary to Kwajalein. They were not used to move Eniwetok
cargo since trans-shipmentfmm
Kwajalein to ~iw etok was cmsidered
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undesirable.
24. The next major movement of troops and cargo from the U. S. was
in January 19L8. The m jor Air Force movemant waa set up for early
February. The AEC had scam critical nmterial which tky
required at
Zniwetok by the middle of February~ An attespt waa made to blend these
two roves tigethvr h
order that regularly assi~ed Task Force vessels
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could hndl e the requirement. However, it wes tipossible to arrange a
satisfactorysolution to this problem. However> it was found t~t a
U. S. Army Transport cargo vessel could be obtained with a aafling
date from San Francisco which would meet the AK
requireswmt. There-
fore, it was arranged to move all available AEC cargo on this vessel.
This arrangement proved to be very sound since it enabled the AEC
equipnmnt to be ~ed
special handl@
as a separate mvement, and equi~nt
was cmsolidated.
requiring
The U. S. Army Transport Antolak
(Victory cargo vesaal) completed loadlng and sailed for EXdwetok on
23 Janusry. Unlceding of this vessel was completed at Eniwetok by
10 February, which was 6 days ahead of the deadline set by AEC. lkmt
.
of the cargo for loading on this vessd arrived at San Francisco
after 15 January. Through thla movensnt, Am was enabled to go somswhat ahead of their schedule for installation of scientific equipment.
25.
In the nmvement of Air Force troops and equipment through the
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