Liberty was granted for visits to Enivetok during the period with m closing ardér to be effective on 27 October. Early in the period liberty for each ship vas limited to not more than 33% of the crew. As the Task Group grew it was noceseary to lower the percentage to 17%. I. MEDICAL . The medical departments of all the ships in the Task Groupe vere visited by the steff medical officer during this period. In general, personnel and equipment vere found adequate to carry outthe ctsston of the medical department in each particular ship. Of the major Task Group ships, the ss RENDOVA, USS CURTISS, and USS ESTES, each have a medical officer and a dental officer, while thé USS OAK HILL, USHS DAVID C, SHANKS, and USNS GENERAL £. 7. COLLINS have a medical officer but no dental officer, Escort Destroyer Divis= ion ELEVEN composed of the USS CARPENTER, USS FLETCHER, USS RADFORD, and USS O'BANNON, has one medical officer for the division, The stialler vessels have an independent duty hospitalnen in charge of the medical departments Visite to the ships of the Task Group were made usually when redioce logical defense exercises were conducted by the Steff Atomic Defense Officer. Coordinated with these were casualty handling and treatment exercises designed to indoctrinate the medical department of the various ships with the peculiar medical aspects of this operations such as cam and disposition of contamin- ated patients, treatment of contaninated wounds, etc. In general an attempt was made to answer the many and varied questions on “atomie medicine", Under SOPA Instructions, a medical guard was set up to have a guarde * ship to cal problems of those ships without a medical officer and 89 BEST AVAILABLE Copy . |