TORRE ee mp megane Te RPeT te oyET romperISURE Tt ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors are indebted to a number of individuals at a number of administrative levels for their extensive aid and willing cooperation, so necessary for the success of a field mission of this type. Drs. John Bugher and Charles Dunham of the Division of Biology and Medicine, Atomic Energy Commission, coordinated and expedited all necessary arrangements among the State Department, the Department of the Interior, the Navy Department, and the Trust Terri- OTS PME TET arae tories. "he Chief ot Naval Operations arranged all necessary transportation. Commander iWarry Etter of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery was instrumental! in completing arrange- ments so that the resurvey team could proceed on schedule. CAPT R. A. Hinners, Director, U.8. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL), and CAPT W. E. Kellum, Commanding Cfficer, Naval Medical ResearchInstitute (NMRI), placed all necessary facilities of the two laboratories involved at the disposal of the medical team, as did CAPT A. R. Behnke, Radiological Medical Director, NRDL; CAPT T. L. Willmon, Executive Gfficer, NMRI; and Dra. P. C. Tompkins and E. P. Cooper, Scientific and Associate Scientific Director, respectively, of the NRDL. The authors are particularly indebted to CDR. E. P. Cronkite, NMI<, in charge of the criginal observations on the exposed people, for his extensive efforts in organizing the resur- vey and for his support throughout all phases of the endeavor. Maynard Neas, District Administrator, and Dr. Dunham Kirkham, Medical Officer at the Trust Territory Headquarters, Majuro, Marshall Islands, furnished all necessary facilities at Majuro, and the entire resurvey team is grateful for the cooperation and hospitality extended by all Trust Territory representatives. The efforts of LCDR L. J. Smith, advance administrative representative for the resurvey team, materially expedited the accomplishment of the work. The authors are indebted to all members of the team for their cooperation and extensive efforts, particularly to Chief P. K. Schork, and to H: H. ‘Hechter for performing the necessary analyses of data. , The authors are indebted for histopathological consultation provided by Dr. David Wood of the University of California Medical School and by Dr. E. A. Alpen of the NRDL. Also, to Dra. E. P. Cronkite, N. L. Petrakis, and R. K. Reed for aiding in the interpretation of marrow findings and to Dr. N, L. Petrakis for performing the differential counts.