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grateful to the following people for their support
and advice: Dr. Leland J. Haworth, Director;
Dr. Lee E. Farr, Chairman of the Medical De-
partment, andothers in this departmentincluding
Drs. D.D. Van Slyke, E.P. Cronkite, V.P. Bond,
and L.K. Dahl; Dr. J.B.H. Kuper, Chairman of
the Instrumentation and Health Physics Department, and others in this departmentincluding Dr.
R.L. Chase, Dr. W. Higinbotham, Dr. R.M.
Sugarman,Mr.F.C. Merritt, Mr. L. Suydam,and
Mr. J.A. Hallock. Wealso wish to express our
appreciation to Dr. R.E. Segel, Mr. J.S. Medd,
Mr. R. Lehn, Mr. Norman Eckman, and Mr.
G.W.Stoneman.
As in the past, the Departmentof Defense, particularly the Departmentof the Navy, contributed
most vitally to the mission. The Chief of Naval
Operations and Commander-in-Chief of the
Pacific Fleet furnished an LST, and Capt. HS.
At Majuro we are most grateful to Mr. May-
nard Neas, the District Administrator, Dr. A.
Hicking, District Health Officer, Mrs. Ruth
Martin, Administrator of the Marshail Islands
Memorial Hospital, and their staff who were of
great assistance in supporting the operation. We
also wish to express our appreciation to John
Iaman and Trigar Ishoda, practitioners, and
Nelson, technician, for their assistance in carrying
out the examinations, and to manyofthe Rongelap
peoplefor their help during the examinations.
Wewishalso to express our appreciation to the
Honorable D.H. Nucker, High Commissioner of
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Dr.
H.E. Macdonald, Director of Public Health, for
their support.
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officer, and to Capt. O.E. Van der Aue, (MC)
USN, CommandingOfficer of that Institute, Capt.
J.H. McQuilkin, USN, Commanding Officer, and
Capt. A.R. Behnke, (MC) USN,Medical Director
of the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, for their enthusiastic support. We wish to
thank Lt. Comdr. J.N. Casseday, USN, CommandingOfficer of the LST Plumas County, and
his officers and menfortheir great assistance and
cordiality in transporting, housing, and berthing
the team at Rongelap. Lt. S.H. Moore, (MC)
USN,was of great assistance in helping with blood
examinations. At the Navai Air Station, Kwajalein,
Capt. F.N. Daly, USN, Commanding Officer,
Capt. B.E. Bassham, (MC) USN,Senior Medical
Officer, and Mr. R. J. Umhoefer, Trust Territory
Representative, were most helpful to the group.
The Commander ofJoint Task Force Seven, Gen.
A.R. Luedecke, USAF, andhis staff at Eniwetok
as well as the JTF-7 liaison officers, particularly
Maj. Chester Steele, USA, at Hickam Air Force
Base and Lt. Comdr. L. Steinmeyer, USN, at
Kwajalein were most helpful.
We appreciate greatly the assistance of Mr.
Ernest Wynkoop, Office of Test Operations,
Atomic Energy Commission, Eniwetok, and his
staff during the return trip to Rongelap in May
1958.
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