BOMBS AT BIKINI 



Colonel) T. J. Betts, Assistant Chief of Staff for In- 

 telligence; Captain C. H. Lyman (Navy), Assistant 

 Chief of Staff for Operations ; and Brigadier General 

 (now Colonel) D. H. Blakelock, Assistant Chief of 

 Staff for Logistics. To handle the innumerable prob- 

 lems which would inevitably arise in Washington, 

 D. C, after the Task Force had left for Bikini, a special 

 rear echelon group was created under the command of 

 Rear Admiral F. J. Lowry. 



The relationship of positions of Commander, Dep- 

 uty Task Force Commanders, Chief of Staff, and 

 Assistant Chiefs of Staff is shown in Appendix I. 



Before discussing the technical phases of the Oper- 

 ation, we shall describe the less glamorous but equally 

 important problems encountered by Commodore 

 Snackenberg and his assistants. 



PERSONNEL PROBLEMS 



Handling of personnel matters was a long and up- 

 hill struggle. Personnel had to be recruited just when 

 the majority of Service men were heading for the exit 

 from military life. The trend had to be combated. Pleas 

 were made to man}^^ officers and enlisted men on the 

 point of returning to civilian life; special TAD's 

 (orders for temporary additional duty) were drafted; 

 promises were made that the men would be released 



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