er ey __ItlP Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Those Listed Below R Morse Salisbury, Director Division of Information Services : From pate: supjecr: DRAFT ANNOUNCEMENT ON WEATHER SERVICE RETURNEES SYMBOL: ISP:RLS April 26, 1954 % MM, Ker 52 good iM srad of The Department of Defense has notified us that it has adopted the modifications suggested in the text of a statement onthe tranafee ee reteee enet to Tripler General Hospital, , from the Joint Task Force. ss : al F . Defense has authorised the Army at Honoluln to amnounce the arrival, ee ob of the 31 weather service men after they have reported at Tripler.” © ““"’ The most recent message from JTF-7 states they will arrive at Honolulu April 29. The names of the men also will Defense reports. Bet The smmououant itt read as follow, as noted in our memo of Yee SCHMIDT, during the H-bomb experiments at Eniwetok on March 1 have been returned to Tripler General Hospital, Honolulu, T.H., for medical processing prior to reassignment. Despite the fact there is nothing apparently wrong with the men, they are being given complete medical examinations prior to return to full military duty. ‘- ‘“kithough none of the group has experienced any syaptons of radiation illness, they have been under close observation mYAle “ AUTHORITY: DATE: "Thirty-one enlisted men of the Army, Navy and Air Force who were exposed to moderate amounts of radiation DOE/SA-20 CONFIRMED TO BE UNCLASSIFIED April 23 to the Office of Public Information, Department of Defense: ever since their exposure last month. "The 236 native residents of the islands nearby the Pacific Proving Ground area are remaining on Kwajelein for further observation until they can be returned to their he o after the tests. te Sopeomeee arm $0 any of them #8 ¢ D 4 Lage a8 a result of thelr exposure. "Hames of the 31 men are: Lewis Le Stranss, Henry e Suyth, Chairmen cher . Thomas E. Murray, Coamissioner ; Fagene M. Zuckert Comaissioner , Commissioner LDe Nichols, General Manager ; 2590.7