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FROM: Frank W. McMullan Fu
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INTERVIEW WITH JOHN BALAGNA, LASL
At 1430 hours this date, I talked with J. Balagna about the beta radiation
burn incident which occurred during filter paper removal operations from drone
B-17s after ZEBRA shot. The information herein is to be used in conjunction with
more detailed records and interviews taken at the time of the incident which are
available at LASL and which have been synopsized by the undersigned and is attached.
The team stayed on-board ship for several days before ZEBRA,
very nice quarters on Enewetak Island the night before the shot.
at the runway when the drones returned. They were concerned that
problems during operations because
complained of itching
his gloves couple of times.
but were given
They were waiting
there might be
hands and changed
Thé lead pigs which the filter paper was placed in
were flat shallow boxes with removable lids.
Each held several papers.
There were
at least two pigs used per shot. After the operation was finished, two of them
who were billeted together returned to the bungalow and showered thoroughly because
they knew they were contaminated. Only two C-54s returned to Kirtland AFB with
‘samples, no soil sample from the tank operation was sent. They changed planes in
Oahu accompanying the samples all the way.
He was hospitalized at LASL through late August 1948. He then began a skin graft
program for his hands with Dr. James Barrett Brown which lasted 4 to 5 years. This
required continued trip to St. Louis.
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