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Acknowledgments

Operations furnished an LST, and Capt. HS.

The cooperation of manyagencies and persons
was necessary to carry out these survey's successfully. The authors are deeply grateful to many

at Pearl Harbor.
At the Naval Medical Research Institute we are
deeply grateful to Comdr. I.V. King, (MSC)
USN,for his splendid assistance as Navyliaison
officer and to Capt. O.E. Van der Aue, (MC)
USN, Commanding Officer, for his support.

individuals, too numerous to name, for valuable

assistance.
Many officials of the Atomic Energy Commission, particularly Dr. Charles L. Dunham,Dr.
H.D. Bruner, and many oftheir staff of the Division of Biology and Medicine, where most helpful
in the coordination of arrangements with various
governmental agencies.
Weare grateful to the officials of the Department of the Interior and particularly to the
Honorable D.D. Nucker, High Commissioner of
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and his
staff for their support and assistance in carrying
out the surveys. Others of the Trust Territory who

were particularly helpful include Mr. Maynard
Neas, District Administrator for the Marshall
Islands, andhis assistant, Mr. William White, and

Mr. R.J. Umhoefer; also Dr. A. Hicking, Dr. John

Taman, and Mrs. Ruth Martin of the Marshall

Islands Memorial Hospital. Theofficers and crew
of the Trust Territory ship Rogue were most helpful during the 1960 survey.
At Brookhaven National Laboratory contributions were made by manyindividuals in manydepartments including Medical, Instrumentation

and Health Physics, Photography and Graphic
Arts, the Shipping section, and others. We are
grateful to the following people for their support
and advice: Dr. Leland J. Haworth, Director;

Dr. Lee E. Farr, Chairman of the Medical Department, and others in this departmentincluding
Drs. D.D. Van Slyke, E.P. Cronkite, V.P. Bond,
J-S. Robertson, R.A. Love, and G.C. Cotzias, and
Mr. W.A. Finn, Mr. Clyde Sipe, and Mrs. L.M.

Tassinari. Also in the Medical Department we
appreciate the assistance of Mr. E.A. Gusmano
and Miss R.F. Straub in carrying out measurements and analysis of radionuclides and Mrs.
Helen L. Brown for secretarial assistance. In the
Instrumentation and Health Physics Department,
Dr. J.B.H. Kuper, Chairman, and Drs. R.L.

Chase, W. Higinbotham, and R.M. Sugarman
gave invaluable assistance in assembling and testing complex electronic equipment.

As in the past, the Department of Defense, particularly the Department of the Navy, contributed
most vitally to the missions. The Chief of Naval

we ee er eeee eee

Etter, (MIC) USN, acted as Naval Haison officer

Lt. W.E. Lassiter, USN, and his officers and

crewof the Duval County (LST 758) were ofgreat
assistance to the team on the 1959 survey. We are
also grateful to the Naval Support Activity at
Kwajalein for assistance in furnishing necessary
airlifts in the Marshall Islands and to Drs. W.W.
Fennel and W.S. Shippey of the Texas Transport
CompanyHospital there for their willing assistance.
We greatly appreciate the assistance of Mr.
Ernest Wynkoop and Mr. Ray Emmens, Office of
Test Operations, Atomic Energy Commission,
Eniwetok, and their staff and of the Holmes and

Narver Construction Co. in handling and storing
of equipment.

Weare grateful to Major Kent T. Woodward,

(MC) USA, and his colleagues at the Walter Reed
Army Institute of Research for advice and assistance in radiochemical analysis of urine samples.

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