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Acknowledgments
The cooperation of many agencies and persons
was necessary to Carry out these surveys success-
fully. The authors are deeply grateful to many
individuals, too numerous to name, for valuable
assistanée.
Manv officials of the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion, particularly Dr. Charles L. Dunham, Dr.
H.D. Bruner, and many of their staff of the Division of Biology and Medicine, where most helpful
in the coordination of arrangements with various
governmentalagencies.
We are grateful 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, and his assistant, Mr. William White, and
Mr. R.J. Umhoefer; also Dr. A. Hicking, Dr. John
laman, and Mrs. Ruth Martin of the Marshall
Islands Memorial Hospital. The oficers and crew
of the Trust Territory ship Rogue were most helpful during the 1960 survey.
Operations furnished an LST, and Capt. HS.
Etter, (MC) USN. acted as Naval liaison officer
at Pearl Harbor.
At the Naval Medical Research Institute we are
deeply grateful to Comdr. IV. King, (MSC)
USN, for his splendid assistance as Navy liaison
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) were ofgreat
assistance to the team on the 1959 survey. We are
also grateful to the Naval Support Activity at
Kwajalein for assistance in furnishing necessarv
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 assistance.
We greatly appreciate the assistance of Mr.
Ernest Wynkoop and Mr. Ray Emmens, Office of
Test Operations, Atomic Energy Commission,
Eniwetok, and their staff and of the Holmes and
Narver Construction Co. in handling andstoring
of equipment.
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Weare grateful to Major Kent T. Woodward,
(MC) USA, andhis colleagues at the Walter Reed
Army Institute of Research for advice and assistance in radiochemical analysis of urine samples.
At Brookhaven National Laboratory contibu-
tions were made by manyindividuals in many departments 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! De-
partment, and others in this departmentincluding
Drs. D.D. Van Slyke, E.P. Cronkite, V.P. Bond,
ee oe
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
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