PREFACE
The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance given by the chief and various members
of the Special Projects Branch of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratories for their assistance throughout the planning and operational phases of the program; Major H.T. Bingham and LCDR J.F. Clarke, Jr., of Programs 1 and 3, for their
assistance during all phases of the test; Lt. Colonel J.G. James andhis staff for the
aerial photography, Lt. Colonel W. A. Mowery, J-6, for his assistance in establishing
the operational requirements for Holmes and Narver; Holmes and Narver personnel who
made the preshot and postshot surveys; personnel of Project 5.6, including Floyd Gibbs
and staff, HWastings-Raydist, Inc., for recording by Raydist the position of the boat while
making the lead-line soundings for the Zuni crater; James W. Halbrook and Ivan R. Jarrett,
Map Compilation Branch, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratories,
for making photcgrammetric measurements from the aerial photographs; and Lt. Colonel
E.E. Pickering and his staff of Blast Branch, AFSWP, for numerous suggestions throughout the program.