CONTENTS ABSTRACT PREFACE MARSHALLESE CHAPTER 1 OBJECTIVES CHAPTER 2 ENVIRONMENT ON RONGELAP AND AILINGINAE ATOLLS Rongelap Village Dwellings Foods Water Supply CHAPTER 3 3.1 3.2. 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 4.3. FAMILY GROUPS: ACTIVITIES, OBSERVATIONS, AND FOODS DURING FALLOUT . . . . Group One . Group Two . Group Three Group Four Group Five Group Six Group Seven Group Eight List of Natives at Sifo Island, “Ailinginae Atoll, 1- 3 “March List of Marshallese not Contacted During Interviews CHAPTER 4 4.1 4.2 oa oo 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 @ PART 1 EVACUATION AND DECONTAMINATION .14 . 15 . 15 . 16 . 16 _ _ . . 16 17 17 18 18 - 19 Evacuation of Inhabitants of Rongelap and Ailinginae Atolls Decontamination of Marshallese . Decontamination of Clothing and other Personal ‘Possessions of the Marshallese . . . : . . . . . CHAPTER 5 . 14 PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS OF RESIDUAL EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION . . . . . . . REFERENCES . 19 - 19 - 20 - 22 - 26 PART 2 AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL CHAPTER 1 OBJECTIVE ° CHAPTER 2 PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENTON ENIWETAK ISLAND 1-2 MARCH 1954 . . . : . . . . 27 . 28