rase details are zrsonnel inferred from a medical record of one of involved, the Air Force since detailed hospital records are not available for ne whole group. The results of these observations were "essentially negative" ance 16, p. J-38) (Refer- for the sailors and they were discharged to duty. Re- sults for the servicemen in general were described as "generally negative" in the l5-year review of the medical findings of the Marshall Islanders no had been heavily exposed (Reference 89); but in the 20-year survey, ine same source simply relates that the "American servicemen were taken to Tripler Army Hospital for further examination and later returned to duty" Reference 64, p. 1). This latter source is an excellent summary of the nandling and treatment of the Marshall Islanders and contains also a longterm medical review of the crewmen of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru contributed oy Japanese medical authorities. About 20 days after BRAVO, 16 personnel of the Bairoko and 21 person- nel of the Philip were reported to have small skin lesions resembling burns (Reference 16, Annex J, p. J-38). The lesions were most apparent at the neck and waist, and reportedly developed sometime between 3 March and 15 March. 3 April) p. K-66). fF When the affected personnel were examined all lesions were in the process of healing (between 20 March and (Reference 16, Annex K, The lesions were definitely classified as beta burns. Most ex- posures evidently occurred while personnel were on the weather deck -- in one case for as short a time as 7 minutes. Some below-deck personnel sta- tioned near ventilation blowers may have been contaminated, however, when these units were intermittently operated to reduce the below-deck heat. 245