Kodiak
                                    28 November 1945


Additional training was given artillery personnel when

the actual installations were made by having them assist

with that work.

     During the summer and fall of 1943 the cable plow

was used with good results in the Chiniak area; the run

from Isthmus Cove to Pasagshak Bay; from Pasagshak Bay

about half way to Narrow Cape; and from Artillery Hill to

the mouth of Anton Larson's Bay.  The complete plow train,

including four each D-8 tractors, was shipped to Cold Bay

in the fall of 1943.  A total of approximately 250,000

feet of cable was plowed in on project D-2.

     It was necessary to maintain a close liaison with all

branches of the service during the entire construction

period in order to avoid conflicts in location between

cables and other installations.  In the case of submarine

cables, it was necessary to keep clear of anchorage areas,

magnetic loops, mine fields, submarine and torpedo nets,

and dredging operations.  In addition, areas where ships

might drop of drag their anchors during storms or emer-

gencies were to be avoided.  Shore landings also had to be

selected with care, due to the rocky nature of the shore

and the shore approaches.  In the case of subterranean

cables, routes had to avoid future road and building locat-

ions.  A considerable amount of work was done during the

course of construction re-routing cables around new build-

ings, relaying cable at new road crossings, etc.  Much


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