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Head, Division of Biology and Medicine, AEC, and his staff were most helpful in coordinating and expediting arrangements with other governmental agencies.
The cooperation and assistance of the Department of the Navy, as in the past, was
a most vital aspect of this operation. At the Naval Medical Research Institute the enthusiastic support of Capt. E.O. Van der Aue (MC) USN, Commanding Officer, and
Capt. T.L. Willmon are greatly appreciated. We are particularly grateful to
Lt. Comdr, I.V. King (MSC) USN, for assistance in administrative matters.
We are most grateful to Mr. Maynard Neas, the District Administrator at Majuro,
Marshall Islands, andtoDr. A. Hicking and Mrs, Ruth Martin and the staff of the
Marshall Islands Memorial Hospital for their invaluable assistance and hospitality in
housing and providing laboratory and examining facilities.
At Brookhaven National Laboratory we are indebted to Dr. L.E. Farr, Director of
the Medical Department, Dr. E,P. Cronkite, Dr. V.P. Bond, and Dr, J.S. Robertson
for their help and advice on various phases of the program, to Dr. S.W. Lippincott for
assistance in histopathological interpretation of skin changes, andto Miss Mildred Pavelec
for preparation of tissues. We are also grateful to Col. C.F. Tessmer (MC) USA, of
the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and Dr. E.A. Alpin of the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory for help in histopathological interpretation.
The assistance of Dr. W.C. Moloney and Miss Lila Fliegelman of the Boston City
Hospital in carrying out the alkaline phosphatase analysis of blood smears is greatly
appreciated.
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The authors wish to thank Lt. A.G. Schrodt (MSC) USA,and Pvt. A. Burstein, USA,
of Walter Reed Institute of Research, Dr. John Harley and Mr. Edward Hardy of the
New York Operations Office of the AEC, and Dr, Stan Cohn, USNRDL, for assistance
in the radiochemical analyses.
Capt. R.A. Hinners, USN, Commanding Officer, USNRDL, Capt. A.R. Behnke (MC)
USN, and Lt. J.A. Kelley (MSC) USN, of that laboratory were most helpful in assisting
the team on'the West Coast.
In the Department of the Navy we are most grateful to the Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery, Bureau of Ships, and Chief of Naval Operations for their support.
We especially wish to thank Capt. P.C. Staley, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval
Station, Kwajalein, for his cooperation and provision of transportation, and also the
dispensary staff there for their assistance.
The Commanding General and his staff at Tripler General Hospital, Hawaii, also
gave generous support to the group.
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