DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20380-0001 May 1984 Second Marine Division Association Members Dear Fellow Marine: Please excuse the informality of this letter, but this is the best way for me to get in touch with you. Since 1978, the Marine Corps Nuclear Test Personnel Review (NTPR) has been trying to identify every Marine who participated in at least one nuclear weapon event. The purpose of the NIPR is to campile data on Marines who could have been exposed to weapon-induced ionizing radiation. NTPR data will be studied in an effort to elucidate the health effects of exposure to low-level ionizing radiation. The Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) is the NTPR executive agency for the Department of Defense. Marines of the Second Marine Division have taken an active role in America's use and development of nuclear weapons. Nagasaki, Japan, was destroyed by a nuclear weapon on August 9, 1945, and Second Division Marines occupied that area somdé six weeks later. Between 1945 and 1962, the United States conducted 235 atmospheric nuclear weapon detonations and tests in which many Second Division Marines participated. If you participated in the post World War II occupation of Nagasaki or in at least one nuclear weapon test, I urge you to call DNA's toll-free NTPR telephone number. Call 800-336-3068 to provide some basic information about your role in nuclear weapon-related events. If you know other Marines whom we: might be interested in hearing fran, please pass this information on to them. It has been our experience that Marines are able to provide for the NTPR much useful information that normally cannct be obtained fran service records. To contact the Marine Corps NTIPR, write to Cammandant of the Corps (Code MMRB-60), Washington, D.C. 20380. If you already have contacted DNA, please keep your mailing address current by calling the toll-free number. Best wishes to you, and I hope that your reunion will be a great success. Sincerely, D. G. MARTINEZ Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Project Coordinator Marine Corps Nuclear Test Personnel Review By direction of the Cammandant of the Marine Corps Figure 2. Letter sent to the Second Marine Division Association as part of the MCNTPR Outreach Program. 44