- '2 ' ' • UC$ ✓ ''-·• · ' l 4r Sc - January 2 1%9 IDA MEMORANDlU TO Mr R S THIS DOCUMENT HAS BE DOvVNGflADEO Cesaro ARP TO·-··-- 1 l NCLAS r 9 _ Q _ 9 FROM fierbert Pollack SUBJECT Report of Visit to 0 Per-1 JJ d rv' JJ ilf' f£L L1_·cc · _· _ u s s Saratoga December 31 1968 ti L The visit to the Aircraft Carrier Saratoga was accomplished or December 31 1968 The personnel were most cordial and cooperative 2 The Chief Medical Officer is an alert well inforrr ed and effective physician We discussed the possibility of a retrospective study of the health records of deck personnel as compared to other groups of sailors 3 • · i s'' c _i · · ' ' f ·'· ' ' 1 ·· The engine room crew because of constant exposure to high temperatures have a specialized series of complaints that make it difficult to evaluate their health against deck crews Sailors in the supply division would serve as better controls 4 The medical records while adequate for the routine health supervision may not be complete enough for our purposes Commander Pratt the C M 0 of the Saratoga has offered to try to get a comparison of sick call rates between deck crews and other divisions and to list the frequency of various complaints or presenting symptoms 5 The Operations Officer in charge of radar pointed out that the lookouts are in the direct line of sight of the search radars for four hours at a time These men are selected frcm the gunnery crews 6 The executive officer speaking for the Captain expressed their interest in the problems and will extend all help if the CNO or CINCIITl AN approves a request to have two observers aboard the Saratoga to get base line readi ngs on selected members of the crew The carrier is scheduled for a training cruis0 in the Carribean for February and it was suggested that the last part of that t lOnth would be most conveni ent for them - Cu· - - -- ·- ·• _ -··-- - L'tPrt C ·•· - - - - · - - - - · J · - 'i • c JEOC 1 I · • 7 It is suggested that a protocol be developed for the purpose of making measurements of vigilance reactions on selected m nbers of the crew These measurements will be repeated on the same people after several months of operational activities It should be pointed out that the Sar 'j toga has just undergone extensive rehabilitation and has been tied to the docks for one year Hence none of the ship's eomplement have had any exposu 'e to micro-waves during this time The subjects selected for the study should be divided into two groups a veteran members of the crew whose duties allowed them to be radiated by the micro-waves and b new recruits with no history of previous exposure to micro-waves A log will be kept of the duty stations and hours of the selected subjects HP nr • • •ui1cr r ssr FIEO ' •UNCLASSIFlED