PREFACE 



vania. Each of the panel members assumed 

 responsibility for securing the authors for 

 certain sections of the report, and critically 

 read the manuscripts prior to their sub- 

 mission to the general editor. However, pri- 

 mary credit and responsibility for the con- 

 tent of the various chapters must rest with 

 their respective authors, who have the grate- 

 ful appreciation of the Committee and the 

 Panel for carrying out their difficult assign- 

 ment so faithfully and well. 



One of the major problems in surveying 

 the literature relevant to submarine warfare 

 was the matter of securing reports of re- 

 search conducted during the war. There were 

 problems of clearance for use of classified 

 reports, but, perhaps more significantly, the 

 sheer difficulty in finding and circulating 

 these reports to the authors who needed 

 them. In this regard acknowledgment 

 should be made to the officers in the Office 

 of Naval Research, and in the Bureau of 

 Medicine and Surgery, who gave their co- 



operation and aid. In the handling of these 

 matters Mr. Hugh Flynn, Technical Aide 

 to the Committee on Undersea Warfare, 

 was especially helpful. 



Finally, tribute should be paid to Professor 

 Walter S. Hunter and to Dr. Eugene F. 

 DuBois, psychologist and physiologist, re- 

 spectively, for their constant encouragement 

 and valuable advice throughout this en- 

 deavor. The staff of the Office of the Commit- 

 tee on Undersea Warfare deserve special com- 

 mendation for the efficiency with which they 

 have handled the many details and arrange- 

 ments necessary to the successful completion 

 of this volume. In this connection, Mr. 

 John S. Coleman, Executive Secretary of the 

 Committee on Undersea Warfare, and Mr. 

 Hugh Flynn, were of inestimable assistance 

 with all phases of the preparation of this 

 volume. 



Donald B. Lindsley, Chairman 

 Panel on Psychology and Physiology 

 Undersea Warfare Committee 



