Allocationof spaceto the variousstaffsectionson the USS
Et. McKtileY(AGC-7),which had ~en nofiated as the headq~ers
ship for the JointTask Forceby CKO, had been assigmd as a J-3
responsibility
and in turn was passedto the Navy nwmberof the
Section. CaptainQuackenbushalso took over coordination
of the
helicopterrequirements,
and (on 12 Eece*r)S attendeda test at
Aberdeen ProvingGroundson controlof a dronetankby helicopter
which provedthis operationfeasible.
In a discussionwith J-3 on approvalof the draftof the Security
Annex preparedby J-2 (proposedAnnexD to the FieldOrder)General
Hull establishedthe policywhich remainedin effectthroughoutthe
durationof the operationthat, in orderto maintaina sharpline of
staffofficers
demarcationbetweenstaffand commandresponsibilities,
would not also command.
A matterwhichwas to continw to be a problemfor several,xxmths
firstcame up duringNovember. Whereasat Enimtok the Task ForceWas
more or less startingfrom scratchwith the movemnt of the 1220th
ProvisionalEngineerBattalionfrom Oahuto the Atoll,a completely
differentsituationexistedat Kwajalein,where a Navalbase already
existedand throughwhich both the Air TransportCommandand Naval Air
TransportServiceoperated. ~
supportto be renderedSANDSTONEby
these agenctisrequiredtheir augmentation,
inasmuchas the entire
on the islandgarrison. This
Air Task &OUpWaS to be superimposed
augnxmtationincludedstevedores,laundryfacilitiesand air-sea
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