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Acknowledgments
The cooperation of many agencies and persons
was necessary to carry out these surveys successfully. The authors are deeply grateful to many
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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 manyoftheir staff of the Division of Biology and Medicine, where most helpful
in the coordination of arrangements with various
governmental agencies.
Wearegrateful 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
Iaman, and Mrs. Ruth Martin of the Marshall
Islands Memorial Hospital. The officers and crew
of the Trust Territory ship Roque were most helpful during the 1960 survey.
At Brookhaven National Laboratory contributions were made by many individuals in many departments including Medical, Instrumentation
and Health Physics, Photography and Graphic
Arts, the Shipping section, and others. Weare
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 andtesting complex electronic equipment.
As in the past, the Department of Defense, particularly the Departmentof the Navy, contributed
most vitally to the missions. The Chief of Naval
Operations furnished an LST, and Capt. HS.
Etter, (MC) USN, acted as Naval liaison officer
at Pear] 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.
Lt. W.E. Lassiter, USN, and his officers and
crew of the Duval County (LST 758) wereof great
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
Company Hospital there for their willing assist-
ance.
We greatly appreciate the assistance of Mr.
Ernest Wynkoop and Mr. Ray Emmens, Office of
Test Operations, Atomic Energy Commission,
Eniwetok, andtheir staff and of the Holmes and
Narver Construction Co. in handling andstoring
of equipment.
Weare grateful to Major Kent T. Woodward,
(MC) USA,and his colleagues at the Walter Reed
ArmyInstitute of Research for advice and assistance in radiochemical analysis of urine samples.
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