_¢ oe. ot ~ r — a eee a Sta “OR RELTASE: Lee De 2700, 29 April 1954 PRESS RELEASE Hawetian Time and Dcte Major General P. W. Clarkson, Grmander of Joint Task Force SEVEN which bss bean conducting toata at the Iniwetok Proving Ground announced today that Gl enlisted men of the Army, Navy and Air Force who were exNOC CE AR, posed to moderate avounts of radiation during the H-bomd experiments at | z : Honolulu, T. H., for medical processing prior to reassignment. S x the fact there 42 nothing apparently wrong with the man, they are being . ! 2 Q given complete medicel examinations prior te return to full military duty. 2 °T VEFENSE CEny : so pint wotor on March 1 have been returned to Tripler General Homital, g ¥ C Bass ; : 3 Despite Although nope of the group hae experienced any symptome of radiation Hiinesn, tucy dave been under close observation ever aince their exposure 2a5t month. Tre 235 native residents of tha ialande near by the PaciZio Proving Ground area are remaining on Kwajalein for further obeervation ontil they can be raturned to their homes after the tests. No parneanent harm to eny of them is expstted a9 2 rosult of their expoagure. The group includes threo Navy mon. Howevsr, ners of thesemen wore mentere of the crey of the tenker PATAPSCO which recently arrived at Feari Revvdor after receiving a very elight amount of fellent efter one of the teeta. , fhe gervicenen who arrived at Tripler Hospital today and their home acdrassca ere ae follows: REST CePpy AVATUARLE ARMY PFRSOBNEL FFC CFL Brooklyn, N.Y. ” Pittsburg, Pa. PFC v Long Beach, Node % “i PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED Ys