4410 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT WING (P) CONTINGENCY HISTORIAL

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                    REPORT, 23 FEB 91


                                                    TRANSCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT 24
                                      4410th OPERATIONAL SUPPORT WING HISTORY
                                                              23 FEBRUARY 1991
                                              (CASSETTE, IRIS NO. 00881368)
    
Interview With: Col William C. Van Meter, Commander, 4410th OSW
Conducted By: TSgt Barry L. Spink, Historian, 4410th OSW
Transcribed By: Pauline Tubbs, Editorial Assistant, USAFHRC
    
    We have grown daily. We went from when I first got here
    having about 500 people to almost 2,000 folks now. We have
    built a lot more tents. We went from about 70 tents to 175
    tents for billeting. We have also built a chapel and an MWR
    facility. We have added the latrine\shower tents; we have
    built them in different areas. We have gotten a lot of
    plywood, and we enhanced our tent and living areas and our
    common-use areas. We built a new 9-1 kitchen the day after
    Christmas and then put another addition to it just a couple
    of weeks ago, so we have got two 9-1 kitchens. We were
    originally feeding about 1,800 people in an 1,100-man
    capacity facility, but now we have got two 9-1 kitchens, so
    that gives us plenty of space.
    
    We got some vehicles in. That was one of our biggest
    problems also, getting commercial vehicles or general
    purpose type vehicles to help our people out. What we have
    here is a situation where we have about six different areas
    where people go to work. They live approximately anywhere
    from 9 to 15 kilometers from camp, so we have to transport
    1,500 workers back and forth to work every day. It was like
    pulling teeth, but we finally got some buses and general