May 1. I received word that five C141 aircraft. carrying about 70 persons each. would be arriving at Fort Chaffee in 2hour intervals. The planes were to fly to Fort Smith municipal airport directly from a stopover in Hawaii. Since the arrival of the first refugees at Fort Chaffee on Friday. May 2. operations have gone smoothly. The first families from the initial group to arrive on Friday. left Arkansas late Sunday night to join their families in other parts of the Nation. An additional 80 persons were scheduled to be matched up today. exactly 1 week from the designation of Fort Chaffee as a processing center.
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