Appendix 2 

 List of Principal Participating Officials 



Vice Admiral W. H. P. Blandy, Commander of Joint Task 

 Force One, was assisted by a staff including two Deputy Task 

 Force Commanders and a Ground Forces Adviser. 



Rear Admiral W. S. Parsons, Deputy Task Force Commander 

 for Technical Direction, was assisted by a technical staff includ- 

 ing the following: 



Four special assistants : 



Dr. John von Neumann, Scientific Adviser 



Capt. F. L. Ashworth (Navy) Assistant for Aviation 



Capt. Horacio Rivero (Navy) Assistant for Special 



Dr. W. A. Shurcliff, Historian 

 Two technical administrators: 



Dr. R. A. Sawyer, Technical Director 

 Rear Admiral T. A. Solberg, Director of Ship Material 

 Two technical advisers : 



Capt. G. M. Lyon (Navy), Safety Adviser 

 Col. S. L. Warren, Radiological Safety Adviser 

 Major General W. E. Kepner, Deputy Task Force Commander 

 for Aviation, was assisted by Army and Navy officials including 

 the following : 



Brig. Gen. T. S. Power, Assistant Deputy Task Force Com- 

 mander for Aviation 

 Capt. H. D. Riley (Navy), Assistant for Naval Aviation 

 Major General A. C. McAuliffe, Ground Forces Adviser, was 

 assisted by Col. J. D. Frederick and others. 



CHIEF OF STAFF 



Commodore J. A. Snackenberg, Chief of Staff of Joint Task 

 Force One, was assisted by four assistant chiefs of staff for person- 

 nel, intelligence, operations, and logistics. 



Captain Robert Brodie, Jr. (Navy), Assistant Chief of Staff 

 for Personnel, was assisted by Comdr. C. A. Powell, Lt. Comdr. 

 H. B. Williams, Lt. M. S. Ochstein (Navy), Lt. (jg) John J. Bab- 

 inski (Navy), and Lt. A. J. Meyer (Navy). 



Brigadier General T. J. Betts, Assistant Chief of Staff for 

 Intelligence, was assisted by a staff including the following: 



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