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the findings of this report and stated that there was no radioactive
hacard to personnel on any ship.
On 20 May all operations at Eniwetok Atoll under surveillance of
TG-7.6 had been completed, and it was recammended that the responsibility
for radiological safety of the area be transferred to the Commander,
Eniwetok Atoll,
Captain Meredith Mallory, Jr., MC, USA of this Task Group
was left at Eniwetok as acting Post Surgeon and Radiological Safety Officer
until arrival of the officer assigned this billet about 1 June 1948.
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On 21 May the BAIROKO departed from Eniwetok Atoll with the min Task
Force convoy bound for Pearl Harbor and the United States.
During this
voyage all data and notes taken during operations were reviewed and
extraneous material destroyed.
Files were prepared for shipment by courier
or registered mail from Oakland to AFSWP in Washington, D. C.
Personnel,
As indicated in a previous phase of this report, several members of
TG-7.6 had already departed for the United States prior to Test ZEBRA.
On
ZEBRA-plus-1 Lt. Colonel Cowart departed for Washington, D. C., follaved
by Dr. Scoville and Major Moss the next day.
By ZEBRA-plus-5 miny of the
monitors and civilian personnel had departed for the ZI.
The Air Monitor Unit closed out operations at Kwajalein and all
personnel who were to make the return voyage on the BAIROKO were aboard
by ZEBRA-plus-5.
On the day before sailing, Colonel Cocney and YNC Harmon transferred
to the BAIROKO from the MT. MCKINIEY.
On 21 May when the BAIROKO sailed for Pearl Harbor the total personnel
of TG-7.6 aboard consisted of 36 officers and 13 enlisted men,
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