SCIENTIFIC OFFENSIVE 



ington, D. C. (See Appendix 1). Few final readjust- 

 ments were required at Bikini. In creating this or- 

 ganization, Dr. Sawyer made every attempt to make 

 use of existing research groups ; for by using a group 

 already staffed for a particular kind of research, re- 

 sults could be obtained rapidly, with few personnel 

 problems, little need for any extensive study, and 

 almost no outside supervision. 



Although the administrative organization was de- 

 signed to achieve maximum speed with minimum out- 

 side supervision, it was not necessarily based on simple 

 scientific lines. For this reason. Dr. Sawyer arranged 

 coordinating groups to see that each scientific function 

 was adequately taken care of. The functions covered 

 included bomb operation, pressure and impulse, ocean- 

 ography, electromagnetic propagation and electronics, 

 radioactivity, optical radiation, nuclear radiation, 

 technical photography, and remote measurements of 

 various phenomena.* 



Dr. Sawyer's organization included more than 550 

 scientists and engineers. The majority of them were 

 civilians lent by the Services or by civilian agencies, 

 foundations, and universities; many were Army and 

 Navy officers. During their cooperative activities, 

 civilian and Service personnel worked with little re- 



* Remote measurements included (1) measuring tide data at 

 Midway, Wake, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok Islands, (2) recording 

 shock at these islands, and (3) tracing radioactivity in the Central 

 Pacific. 



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