Based on the paucity of information at this time, a requisition.éor
qualified medical personnel was submitted to Sixth Army Headquarters,
not particularly for specified MOS's but for the necessary service men
to man the hospital and dispensaries.
Captain Veenschoten felt that he
already had the key men for his mission.
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Considerable thought was given to the supply and re-supply problems.
An initial supply for the field hospital for ninety (90) days and in
addition, an initial supply for servicing two thousand (2000) men was
forwarded to sixth Army Headquarters, on or about 8 November 1947,
covering only the expendable items needed.
Requisitioning of certain
essential non-expendable items was left unanswered until a telephone
call to JIF Headquarters, Washington, D. C., cleared up this matter
with the assurance that the fifty (50) bed hospital was complete,
except for one item, a refrigerator.
This was procured locally and
shipped with the Medical equipment from Fort Worden.
The required immunizations for Operation "Sandstone" were smallpox
vaccination, typhoid and tetanus innoculations, completed on 20 Novem
ber 1947 for all personnel with the exception of a few stragglers, and
an accurate account of the entire group on 11 December 1947.
All Medical Detachment TO/E, special equipment were crated, and
boxed and ready for shipment on 20 November 1947.
CHAPTER 4 - SUPPLY AND PROCUREMENT
The planning staff returned from the Washington conference with a
list of deletions and additions to the 2d ESB TO/E, insofar as major
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