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RADIGLOGICAL SAFETY

Early History
In order to provide for the radiological safety of the Task

Force a radiological saZtety unit was ectivated as Tack Unit 7 of

TG 132.1 on 22 January 1952.

Commander Russell 4, Maynard, USN,

in addition to his duties as Chief of the Technical Cperations

During the early growth of this unit Major Jchn D. Servis, USA,
was designated as Deputy Conmander and Operations Officer of TU-7.

Since CDR. Maynarc remained at Washington, D. C., with the Task
Force Heacqauarters during the veriod prior to the overseas move~
ment, Major Servis

erved as his representative at the Los Alamos

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Branch, J-3, JTF 132, was designated as the sommardex of this unit.

Scientific Laboratcr;,

Due to the large number of Los Alamos

Scientific Laboratory employees operating with TG 132.1, the ser-

vices of the necessary medical technical consultants to TU 7 were
obtained from +}¢ Laboratory in the persons of Dr. Thomas L. Shipman, Director of Y-Division, LASL, and Major Payne Harris, MC, USA,
also of H«Division.

During the g-owth of the organization contacts had to be made
to secure the necessary personnel for carrying out the missia of

this unit.

For a short-period operation such as this, personnel

support was requested from the Armed Forces aml specific civilian

equrexs

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