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branches and services of the Army and Air Force and with the Bureau of
Naval Personne].
It was found that many of the personnel requested in
‘the basic memorandum were occupying key positions in their ow organiza-
tions and could not reasonably be made available.
and a few additions were made as the need arose.
Numerous substitutions
During this period the
personne] needs were in a more or less fluid status because many of the
projects were still in formative stages and a determination of absolute
needs could not be definitely anticipated,
Meamrhile availability statements were coming back from the Air
Force and lists were being forwarded to Career Management Units request-
ing that the personnel be earmarked for Operation SANDSTONE.
At this period it was estimated that the versonnel requirements for
the Radiological Safety Group would be fifty officers, seventeen enlisted
men and five civilians.
Ten of the officers would be air monitors,
whose duty it would be to advise plane crews that were to be in the air
at the time of the shot concerning radioactive intensities and to indicate vaths of least intensity for entry and exit.
fhey would also dis-
tribute film badges to plane personne]. and collect them unon completion
of the mission.
These monitors would be based at Ewajalein after arrival
at the test site under command of Colonel] az.
In addition to the
previously requisitioned personnel, the services of Lt. Colone] gi
MMMM: , USAF, wore requested by CTG 7.6.
Also, two additional flight
surgeons were requested from the AFSWP.
The original plan contemplated the use of one RadSafe monitor to
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