—e ee ee RS- The setting up of the heavy 21-ton steel room. used during the early years for wnole body counting, presented problems. It was installed aboard ship at Enewetak. along witha clothing change-room and shower room. and connected to the ship's power supply. The peonie were brought to the ship by small boats. Later, an arrangementof lead bricks (“shadow-shield") was substituted for the steel room and set up permanently ashore along with a clothing change and showerfacility. A generator was installed on the Islands to furnish power for the examinations and for the operation of the whole body counter. As more and more people from Rongelap and Utirik gravitated to the District Centers at Majuro and Ebeye (near Kwajalein Island), more permanentfacilities were needed, so trailers were set up adjacent to the hospitals and furnished for the examinations and laboratory work. Since 1972, we were fortunate in having ships assigned to the medical teams. These vessels, though small, have adequate living facilities, and trailers installed on the cargo deck are equipped for the examinations, while an area below deck is used for the laboratory and x-ray examinations. There have been four such vessels (Liktanur I, [I, and III and the G. W. Pierce). The Rongelap and Utirik people are broughtby boat to the ship anchored near the "shore.Teavoid therishOftivel tyémialb boat, thechildbenareevattined'inth etrshed ‘ashore*" ihe aungers of avaidualfallout auth: At thieDisivichcaneaPatMafieand ’ Ebeyé, che'shi iyrmooredth (86Wdks where the RongelapSn4Utirik people living at these a en ee Eeeee * locations are brought in for examination. Vessel assigned to the medical team for examinations, 1974. 2004170 5. Transportation During the early years, transportation from Hawaii to the Islands was by military prop aircraft. With the advent of jet planes, travel to the islands has been faster and more comfortable. Transportation in the Marshall Islands has been a problem, since, until recently, the only way was by ship except for a time when the Navy at Kwajalein helped by flying someof the team to Rongelap and Utirik by seaplanes. In 1958 and 1959 the Navy furnished LSTs that were beached at Rongelap and Utirik and the medical team lived aboard. Subsequently, we relied on Trust Territory cargo ships to get to the OuterIslands. On arrival at the Islands, getting ashore was by smail boat or by outrigger canoe. When the examinations were done ashore, it was difficult to get the heavy boxes of medical equipment and supplies ashore. Therefore,the later 40% oo TM TBY abr tio ate $8 ab che timed bebeich TMAteMAA adi “digg Cineeat | 45 ath : Mme an yf ‘ —- ’ _ TyrieBleed ebcagpetit ‘ eh ait ra PL Og OAK a ete viuiter with @ and supplies for medical survey, 1966. Trust territory vessel stranded on reef after departure from Rongelap, 1972.