PLANS AND PLANNERS 



Board and the President's Evaluation Commission. 

 The Evaluation Board, whose members are listed in 

 Appendix 4, was responsible directly to the Joint 

 Chiefs of Staff and was to make careful technical study 

 and comprehensive conclusions. The Evaluation Com- 

 mission, whose members are listed in Appendix 5, 

 reported directly to the President. It was not expected 

 to make any highly technical studies. Preliminary re- 

 ports by these bodies are included in this volume as 

 Appendices 10, 11, 12, and 13. 



LOGISTICS FUNCTIONS 



The supply, transportation, and maintenance of 

 men and materials was the responsibility of Brigadier 

 General (now Colonel) D. H. Blakelock, Assistant 

 Chief of Staff for Logistics. The breadth of his work 

 is indicated in Appendix 1. He was responsible for 

 transporting the Task Force's 42,000 men and provid- 

 ing them with military, technical, and personal equip- 

 ment. (Approximately 1300 persons were flown from 

 continental United States to Bikini and back ; approxi- 

 mately 440,000 pounds of freight were flown from con- 

 tinental United States to Pearl Harbor or to the Mar- 

 shall Islands.) 



Keeping these four fast-working staff divisions 

 working without any crossing of purposes was no easy 

 matter. Frequent staff meetings proved helpful. Here, 

 flanking an enormous table set in the center of a car- 



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