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.

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