The recreational accidents were mostly softball, volleyball, and water
sports (fishing, swimming, and sheli hunting); there were three injuries
from altercations and several from falls.
Occupational accidents were mostly from handling objects and tools,
fails, strikiug stationary objects, and there were ten accidents involving
boats,
.
NOTE: An Air Force Officer, Captain Paul Crumley of Project 2.66,
was lost in an aircraft accident (May 1956) approximately 90 miles east of
Eniwetok while enyaged in an authorized project rission. Extensive search
was unsuccessful; a detuiled report may bd found in the records of TG 7.4.
3.17.7
Special Comment
The safety officers report a universaliy cooperative response in deal-
ints with TG 7.1 senfor personnel.
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DISPOSITION OF FOKCES (ROUL-UP)
General
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Personnel of the Task Group began to be gradually redeploved from
the PPG to the ZI duving the seqond wock of Mays This receployment fol-
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lowed the detonation of Lacrosse on May 3, 1956, and continued through the
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latter part of July 1956.
Following the detonation of Huron (the last device)
on July 22, 2956, the remaining personnel phascd out very rapidly.
3.18.2
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Phase-out of Personnel
Personnel phase-out estimates were obtained from the status reports
submitted by various elements of the Task Group during the planning phase
of the operstion, commencing in June of 1955, ard ending in Januury 1956
with the submission of the last status report, The peak population wes expected to be met about May 1, 1956, with a gradual decrease during May,
a more rapid decrease during June, ard completion of roil-up during early
July. These figures were based upon the operation schedule that indicated
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the last detonation would take place July 1.
Changes in the schedule and postponements of shots caused the phaseout of personnel to be more gradual than estimated. The estimate made in
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June.
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August 1955 showed a peak of 1578, with a drop off to 1097 by the end of
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The population actually reached a total of 1404 on May 6, 1956, and
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