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EVALUATION BOARD CONFERS. The Joint 

 Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board, shown here in 

 conference with Admiral Blandy, kept in close 

 touch with the Operation even in the early plan- 

 ning phase, and subsequently travelled to Bikini 

 to witness the tests. In the above view, members 

 of the Board examine a model of Bikini Atoll with 

 model target ships in place in the lagoon. Shown 

 left to right are: Vice Admiral Blandy; Lt. General 

 Lewis H. Brereton, Commanding General, First 

 Air Force; Dr. Karl T. Compton, President, Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology; Rear Admiral 

 Ralph A. Ofstie, Senior Naval Member, Bombing 

 Survey, Naval Analysis Division; Vice Admiral John 

 H. Hoover, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations 

 for Materiel; Maj. General Thomas F. Farrell, USA 

 (Ret.), former Deputy Commander, Manhattan En- 

 gineer District; and the late General Joseph W. 

 Stilwell, until his death Commanding General, 

 Sixth Army. 



