ENCLOSURE V HEADQUARTERS 9471st TECHNICAL SERVICE UNIT FORT MONMOUTH IONOSPHERE DETACHMENT WATSON AREA FORT MONMOUTH NEW JERSEY 2 July 1954 SUBJECT: Classification Information * TO: Classification Officer Atomic Energy Commission Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories Los Alamos, New Mexico THR OUGH : Channels 1. The undersigned, Corporal - _ participated in Operation CASTLE, conducted by Joint Task Force Seven, Task Group 71., Task Unit 13, Project 6.6, during the period 1 January 1954 to 15 May 1954. — , . 2. During the course of my activities on Operation CASTLE, I was stationed on Eniwetak Island of Rongerik Atoll. On 1 March 1954 while I was on Eniwetak Island, I was subjected to radio: active fall out as a result of the thermonuclear explosion of coe 1 March 1954. 3. I would like to know if the following incidents are now” considered unclassified, and if it 1s permissible for me to discuss them with civilian counsel:. . oo a, That I was stationed on Eniwetak Isiand of Rongerik Atoll at time of radioactive fall out. b. The amount of time spent on the island from the heginning of fall out to the evacuation from same. c. The events, details, and actions taken by Task Gro: 7.4 and those in authority on Eniwetak Island of Rongerik Atoli concerning the evacuation of personnel from said island. ' ; ad. The amount of radioactivity the island was .subjected to during the period 1 March 1954 to 3 March 1954. taken. e. The evacuation destination and the medical action: oy ae f. The amount of radioactive contamination exposure recorded on my medical records, /8/ ecretaria ove; PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVE D milar cpr. letter receive Yom Upl, Enclosure V :