mission, they were inmediately released from duty in the proving
ground area.
Every attempt was made to eliminate a pile up of
materiel and personnel at the ports.
A competent observer compared
this roll-up operation to that of a circus moving to the next town
for a show.
When the last act was over, only the equipment used in
the last act was still on the site.
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Field Order No. 1, Joint Task Force SEVEN, dated 1); November
19h7, set forth the authority for the establishment of the Joint Task
Fores SEVEN and provided for the Armed Services participation in the
Atomic Energy Commission's testing of atomic weapons.
This field order
had also provided for the withdrawal and roll-up of the materiel and
personnel used in SANDSTONE, but had not discussed this problem in
detail.
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FIELD ORDER NO. 2 IS ISSUED
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Field Order No. 2, Headquarters, Joint Task Force SEVEN, dated
8 Maro329),\8, established plans and procedures to be followed in the
accomplishment of the roll-up.
This second order followed the same
general plan of roll-up as the previous one, but discussed:in detail
the actual problems involved, and made assignments and comittments for
the various Task Groups to follow in making their detailed plans for
the return to home stations.
The "roll-up" field order thus extended the mission of Joint Task
Force SEVEN to include appropriate preparations for future tests and
the complete and timely roll-up of SKENDSTONE in the light of such
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