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During early March, plans were laid to man Rongerik on a tenporary basis.
Arrangements were made to send a tean of three nen
tothe island vie aircraft and use the existing equipment for soundings on the day previous to "Shot Day".
Three of these nissions
were sent during March, using perscennel from Eniwetok Base Rawinsonde
Section.
Major Robinson requested of Task Group 7.4, that Rongertk again
be monitored subsequent to the last detonation of this reries to in-
sure the safety of porsonnel dismantling ths station.
Xusaie was not visited during the wee: of 14-20 March.
Because
of low clouds and unfavorable weather conditions, the aircraft was =
unable to land at that station.
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A Troop Deploynent Schedule to return all personnel assiened to
this Elenent to their permanent stations ws submitted on 24 March.
This schedule followed deploynent plans laid out in Weather Reporting Elenent Operations Plan 1-54.
Captain Bagwell, previously mentioned Special Services Officer,
presented this organization with book kits on 13 March.
Books and
nagezines were then distributed to the weather islands,
It was decided to publish an official document at this Headquarters weekly to keep the Detachments posted on events concerning
this organization.
It was to be in the form
given the nane, "The Weekly Word",
8.
9.
of a bulletin and was
It was hoped that this publica~
See Supporting Documents "E" and "F",
See Supporting Document "CG",
ee
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