t ‘ 102 DASA 2019-2 To go on with the story, people were evacuated by destroyer, some by plane, two days after the accident and were taken down to Kwajalein Atoll where we had a large Navy base. We arrivec on the scene about eight days after the accident to carry out the extensive examinations. When they arrived they were quite contaminated, particulariy their hair, and we had great difficulty in getting them decontaminated. Figure 5 shows the people out in the lagoon at Bikini with soap and detergents, cleansing themselves. In many cases we had to cut off their hair becausc of the coconut oil holding in contamination. We had to take their clothes away from thein, and some of the ‘vomen on Kwajalein gave clothes to the Marshatlese women to wear. It was quite a sight to see them walking around barcfooted in Fifth Avenue types of clothing. FREMONT-SMITH: CONARD: No pictures of that? Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of that. None of them ciied. After them south to another island too hot at that time fer them were moved back during this degree of contamination. : Ba. oe! fee aw ee PH . Meher . " 7 the skin burns healed, etc., we inoved temporarily because Rongelap Island was ta move back. The Utirik people, however, period since Utirik Island had a very low . « \ ‘ . PB ew am te , @. _- Figure S. Marshollese tauthing in lagoon at Kwajalein in March 1954, to decontaminate skin and hair after fallout contamination. From R. Conard.