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Acknowledgments
The cooperation of many agencies and persons
was necessary to carry out these surveys success-
fully. The authors are deeply grateful to manv
individuals, to numerous to name, tor valuable
assistance
Many officials of the Atomic Energy Commission, parucularly Dr. Charles L. Dunham, Dr.
H.D. Bruner, and manyoftheir staff of the Division of Biology and Medicine, where most helpful
in the coordination of arrangements with various
governmental agencies.
We are grateful to the officials of the Depart-
ment of the [Interior and particularly to the
Honorable 0.1) Nucker. High Commissioner of
the Trust Terrttory of the Pacific [siands, and his
staff for their support and assistance in carrying
out the surveys. Others of the Trust Territory who
were parucularly helpful include Mr. Maynard
Neas., District Administrator for the Marshall
Isiands, and his assistant, Mr. William White. and
Mr. R.J. Utmhoefer; also Dr. A. Hicking, Dr. John
Ilaman, and Mrs. Ruth Martin of the Marshall
Islands Memoria! Hospital. ‘te othcers and crew
of the Trust Territory ship Reque were most help-
Operations furnished an LST, and Capt. H.-S.
Eiter,¢ MC) USN, acted as Naval liaison officer
at Pearl Harbor.
At the Naval Medical Research Institute we are
deeply grateful to Comdr. [VY King, (MSC)
USN, tor his splendid assistance as Navy liaison
officer and to Capt. O.E. Van der Aue, (MC)
USN, Commanding Officer, for his support.
Lt. WE. Lassuer, USN, and his officers and
crew of the Durval County (LST 758} were of great
assistance to the team on the 1959 survey. We are
also grateful to the Naval Suppore Activity at
Kwajalein for assistance in furnishing necessary
airlifis in the Marshail Islands and to Drs. W.W.
Fennel and WS. Shippey of the Texas Transport
Company Hospital there for their willing assistance.
We greatly appreciate the assistance of Mr.
Ernest Wynkoop and Mr. Ray Emmens, Office of
Test Operations, Atomic Energy Commission,
Eniwetok, and their staff and of the Holmes and
Narver Construction Co. in handling and storing
of equipment.
Weare grateful to Major Kent T. Woodward,
(MC) USA, and his colleagues at the Waiter Reed
Army Institute of Research for advice and assist-
ful during the 1460 survey.
At Brookhaven National Laboratory contribulions were made by manyindividuals in manyde-
ance in radiochemical analysis of urine samples.
partments including Medical, Instrumentation
and Health Physics, Photography and Graphic
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