case details are inferred from a medical record of one of the§Air Force ‘arsonnel involved, since detailed hospital records are not avgtapie for ‘na whole group. The results of these observations were "essentially negatife"” ance 16, p. J-38) for the sailors and they were discharged to (Refer- quty. Re- sults for the servicemen in general were described as "general]y negative” in the l5-year review of the medical findings of the Marshall ‘no had been heavily exposed Jslanders (Reference 89); but in the 20-yeaq survey, ine same source simply relates that the "American servicemen wdre taken to Tripler Army Hospital for further examination and later return ‘Reference 64, p. 1). This latter source is an excellent sum nandling and treatment of the Marshall Islanders and contains =arm medical review of the crewmen of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru cdntributed sy Japanese medical authorities. About 20 days after BRAVO, 16 personnel of the Bairoko and §21 personnel of the Philip were reported to have small skin lesions res@mbling burns (Reference 16, Annex J, p. J-38). The lesions were most appar neck and waist, and reportedly developed sometime between 3 Ma 15 March. 3 April) p. K-66). When the affected personnel were examined all lesions were in the process of healing (between 90 March and (Reference[16, Annex K, The lesions were definitely classified as beta burng. posures evidently occurred while personnel were on the weather one case for as short a time as 7 minutes. Some below-deck pe tioned near ventilation blowers may have been contaminated, ho these units were intermittently operated to reduce the below-d 245 Most ex-