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March 26, 1958
RG 374 Dereyst Myccese
Colonel Cordes F. Tiemann, USAF
Chief of Staff
Armed Forces Bpecial Weapons Project
Department of Defense
Washington 25, D.C.
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Dear Colonel Tiemann:
Your letter of 10 March 1958 requesting that I and certain
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other suitable personnel be assigned to Joint Task Force
SEVEN on a stand-by basis as part of an emergency medical
team for Operation HARDTACK. I would like to have orders
available for all of the following persons:
Dr. Harry Davis Bruner, Chief, Medical Branch, Division of
Biology and Medicine, AEC
Dr. Thomas Sharpless Ely, Health Protection Branch, Division
of Biology and Medicine, AEC
Dr. Charles Wesley Shilling, Deputy Director, Division of
Biology and Medicine, AEC
Dr. Charles Little Dunham, Director, Division of Biology and
Medicine, AEC
Dr. George Veach LeRoy, Associate Dean, Division of Biological
Sciences, University of Chicago; also a consultant to this
Division.
It is understood that not more than two of the above named
individuals would actually be asked to participate in the
event of a medical emergency.
I appreciate very much your giving us the opportunity to
play an active role in this matter.
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Sincerely yours,
a“partes L. Dunham, M.D.
Director
Division of Biology and Medicine
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