MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND FINDINGS A. MEDICAL HISTORY The medical history as obtained from the respective ship's physi- cians, medical technicians and from the ship's personnel themselves (and confirmed by the history as taken by Charles Haszler, M.D., Australian Regional Health Officer) revealed that no personnel on either ship presented any complaints of illness to the ship's doctors subsequent to i, July until arrival at Rabaul. Upon arrival there, two people were examined by Doctor Haszler at the request of the TAKUYO MARU'S physician, (See records on Akagi and Masuda; Tab A, Appendix II.) These individuals were not considered to have any symptoms or evidence of radiation sickness by Doctor Haszler or by us following our subsequent examination. At the time of our arrival, all personnel on both ships were reported to us as active in their normal duties with no loss of appetite, malaise or illness of any sort. B. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND RADIATION MONITORING Twelve persons from each ship were given a physical examination. They were also monitored for any external radioactive contamination using an MEe5 Beta-Gamma Survey Meter with the beta window open, after a background reading was obtained in the examining roon. These twelve people from each ship included the seven individuals who had originally been examined by Doctor Haszler and his staff, plus five others whose white blood counts were the lowest from each ship as determined by the counts performed by the TAKUYO MARU's doctor and by 32 PoE ARCHIVES EAPERAE:Oe) Mites: 8 CORMDENT.IAL 2c