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200,-Ho-haufTask Force ..rown[irm.(Continued from Page 1)mto-Jt inthee is-ij injck’s),000nentK.cn-inandicntsClcl-$50,-lome3 ugh iced;useduilditheritionlomepaynan-ihef-hasePrince Regent inlet and Franklin Strait area, north of Hudson Bay.The ships will converge on the area from the Atlantic and Pacific. Some will leave in June and others in July, and the groups will have their own separate radar bases to supply,F^orty-six ships, comprising task force 5, will service the DEW-line from'the Pacific side and the Pribilof islands in the Bering Sea.This west coast operation, called “Project 572 West, will be directed by Rear Adm. Henry S. Persons, USN, commander of the Military Sea Transport Service in the Pacific, and Rear Adm. Frederick C. Stelter, commander of amphibious group 1, in the Pacific.The operation from the Atlantic will comprise 50 shops, and will be directed by Rear Adm. Redfield Mason, MSTS commander in the Atlantic area.By leaving in June and July, ships will reach their areas by the time the ice is pretty well broken up. They are scheduled to leave the Arctic before the area freezes again in late September.blood i Dr. 1 that it dye co away ; shown “Youbam \that tpointig lene bl by GotPr«WAS Preside signed lion da ment 1 lieve ting meurgent]tration.nsox,
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner

Fairbanks, Alaska, US

Thu, Mar 28, 1957

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