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Itinerary of Treining Group NCLASSIFIEN
The entire group will reassemble in Los Alamos, New Mexico,
between 3 and 5 Larch for review of basic nuclear physics and field
instruction in the methods and instruments for radiation monitoring.
This instruction will be given by Drs. Large, Hempleman, Nola, Langhan and
Hoffman at both the project at Los Alamos and the experimental area at
Alamogordo Air Base in New Lexico, Approximetely one half of the time
will be spent at Los Alamos and one half at Alamogordo,
7.
The group, with some probeble later additions including
physicists and additional physicians, will leave Los Alamos on or about
25 March 1946 for berkeley, California. A seven to tenday staging
period will take place in berkeley.
During this time overseas inocu-
lations will be given; instructions in the biologic effects of fission
products will be given by Dr. Joseph Hamilton of the University of
California Medical School staff; conferences will be held with the
Marine Biology group under the direction of Dr. lauren Donaldson of
the University of iJashington; and all arrangements for equipment for
the overseas phase of the operations will be completed in Berkeley.
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The entire radiation safety group will board a hospital
ship at either San Frencisco or Berkeley between April 5 amd & to
proceed to Fearl Harbor in order to join the general Task Force One
by 15 April 1946.
(Certain civilien monitor personnel end other key
military personnel may go by air from hamilton BReld, California, directly to Kwajalein or Bikini some time after 1 May1946,
9.
Conferences will be conducted aboerd the hospital ship for
the purpose of intimately acquainting all monitor personnel with their
specific duties. These conferences will continue until the time of
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the scheduled tests.