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REPORT OF CONVERSATION WITH COLONEL HOWELL ON MAY 15,
PHONE NUMBER IS 693-5799
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1973,
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He stated that there wer{27)service men that were exposed to fallout
in the Marshall Islands in 1954 who were on his list to be investigated.
Three were in active service at the time he conducted this investigation
and he advised them to go to the nearest medical facility for an
examination, especially with reference to the thyroid gland.
All proved
to be negative although one had had a gland that aroused some suspicion-~
a lesion being present temporarily.
negative in the final report.
That particular one also was was
He also recommended to these people that
they have follow-up examinations at intervals.
Two of the group had
died 2196"1954, one of cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism and the
other from afautomobile accident.
He sent letters to the other 22
recommending that they go tte either a service hospital, VA hospital
or their private physician to have examinations and recommended certain
articles ot Dr. Conardy that could be consulted by the physicians.
However,
he did not request any response as to whether they did have the examinations
or not and what the findings might be if the examinations were conducted.
Of the group of 22, 8 were retirees who were receiving a payment from the
government and had reliable addresses.
Of the other 14 who were discharged
from the service, 3 had addresses that were believed to be good and Il
had poor addresses.
He has had no fdéllow-up or inquiries from any of these
people and has no idea whether they were examined or not.
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