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A publicalion of the Scientists’ Institute for Public Information Medical Research Center Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, Long Island, New York FOLDER438 North Skinker Boulevard Saint Louis, Missouri 63130 At the time of the Bravo test, early announcements of those exposed to fallout referred to a group of U.S. servicemen, as well as to the Marshallese and the Japanese fishermen on the Lucky Dragon. It was reported that their exposures were less, because they took shelter, and decontamination measures. However, I assume that there was some effort to estimate their exposure, and some followup to ascert a i n whether any of them suffered subsequent ill effects. provide answers to the following questions, or direct me to any published reports which might answer them? 1) How many servicemen were exposed? 3 ) What data were obtained on immediate effects? 4 ) How long were they followed? 5 ) What data were obtained on their subsequent health? What illnesses, if any, developed in this group that might have been attributed to their radiation exposure? I am also interested in learning whether any other groups of serviceof the testing program, what followup studies were done, and the data, - men or AEC personnel were exposed to close-in fallout in the course Have there been any scientific reports in either English or Japanese of late effects among the Lucky Dragon fishermen? Thank you for any assistance you can give me in obtaining this in-