A pool of experienced monitors must be made available
to the Rad-Safe Unit to support independent construction
operations and supplement project monitor activities,
c.
Personnel procurement planning should be initiated at
least one year prior to operations ani personnel should
be selected for training at least four months prior to
operations.
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TASK UNIT 8, TECHNICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
The following were the assigned responsibilities of TU-8 during
Operation Castle:
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To provide construction, accident, and general record cover-
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To make technical documentary records in still and motion
4.
To provide facilities and aid to scientists in the processing of scientific photographic records.
5.
To store, issue, process, and account for technical documentary film in accordance with security and classification instructions.
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pictures of each operation.
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These responsibilities were fulfilled.
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Bix weeks.
To implement the neces-
Individual phasing cycles approximated
In addition to these men, six military men Were assigned
to TU-8 Forward.
After the first shot two photographers operated
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under a section leader from the ships based at Bikini.
Statistics are as follows:
4200 black and white negatives were made and two prints made
from each negative.
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in black and white and color, still and motion picture.
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