te,
tape involved by that date, all of them were able to arrive on schedule.
At 15:00 hours on September 9,
1972
(local time)
the Brookhaven team,
the Committee members and staff, and the Committee's consultants departed
Ebeye aboard the M/V Militobi, Captain Willie M. Poznanski, Master.
The
ship arrived at Rongelap at 07:00 hours (local time) on September 10, 1972.
Dr. Conard was a Navy Captain (now Commander) at the time he participated
in the first survey in 1954.
surveys.
Since 1957 he has headed the annual medical
On this particular trip his colleagues included:
Dr. Knud Knudsen
of Brookhaven, Dr. Larsen, a thyroid specialist, Dr. Wataru W.
Sutow, a
pediatrician from M.D. Anderson Hospital, University of Texas, and Dr.
Austin Lowery, U.S.A.
(ret.}.
Providing technical assistance to the BNL
team were Doug Clareus, William A. Scott, and Mike Makar of Brookhaven.
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Laboratory Technicians Sebio Shoniber and Nelson Zetika,
and Joe Saul, Health Aide.
By previous arrangement with Dr. Conard, the Committee's medical team
‘nese
Kosang Mizutoni,
seve
Officer, Kimura Riklon, Dental Aide, Assistant Medical Repair Specialist
‘m.
From the Trust Territory were Dr. Ezra Riklon, Dr. Jetton Anjain, Dental
mess hall and X-ray room, an A-frame sleeping quarters, a building which houses
a jeep, trailer and small bulldozer, along with a 40 kw generator, and another
large trailer used for examinations, and a small trailer in which blood samples
fromA
They consist of a trailer which is a combination
anniB
and facilities on Rongelap.
a
ate, slept, and worked with the other members of the crew in their quarters
in order not to interfere with the normal routine of the
team,ate and slept aboard the Militobi and only made trips to the island in
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are taken and prepared.