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Acknowledgments
The cooperation of manyagencies and persons
was necessaryto carry out these surveys successfullv. The authors are deeply grateful to many
individuals, too numerous to name, for valuable
assistance,
Manyofficials of the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion, particularly Dr. Charles L. Dunham, Dr.
air lifts and loading of medical supplies and equipment.
Weare grateful to Drs. W.W. Fennel and W'S.
Shippeyof the Texas Transport CompanyHospital at Kwajalein for their willing assistance.
At Eniwetok, we greatly appreciate the splendid
assistance of Mr. Thomas Hardison and others of
the Holmes and Narver Construction Co. in
handling and storing of equipment.
H.D. Bruner, and manv oftheir staff of the Divi-
sion of Biology and Medicine, were most helpful
cials of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,
for their support andassistance in carrying out the
surveys. Particularly helpful were Mr. Mavnard
Neas, District Administrator for the Marshall
Islands, and his assistant, Mr. William White, and
Mr. R.J. Umhoefer; also Dr. A. Hicking. Dr.
John Taman, and Mrs. Ruth Martin of the Marshall Islands Memoriai Hospital. The officers and
crewof the Trust Territory ship Rogue were most
helpful.
.
At Brookhaven Nationa] Laboratory contributions were made by manyindividuals in manyde-
partments including Medical, Instrumentation
and Health Physics, Photography and Graphic
Arts, the Shipping section, and others. We are
grateful to the following people for their support
and advice: Dr. Leland J. Haworth, Director; Dr.
Lee E. Farr, Chairman of the Medica] Department, and others in this department including
Drs. D.D. Van Slyke, E.P. Cronkite, V.P. Bond,
Jj.S. Robertson, R.A. Love, L.K. Dahl, G.C. Cotzias, and Mr. W.A. Finn, Mr. W. J. Walsh, Mr.
Clvde Sipe, and Mrs. L.M. Tassinari. We wish to
thank Miss R.H. Straub for carrying out radiochemical analvses on the urine. In the Instru-
mentation and Health Physics Department, Dr.
J.B.H. Kuper, Chairman, and Drs. R.L. Chase
and W. Higinbotham gave invaluable assistance
in assembling and testing complex electronic
equipment.
As in the past, the Department of Defense, particularly the Department of the Navy, contributed
most vitally to the mission. The Pacific Missile
Range Facilities at both Kwajalein and Eniwetok
were of great assistance in furnishing necessary
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