Template:Did you know nominations/Raymond W. Bliss
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:18, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
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Raymond W. Bliss
Army's first radioactive isotope laboratory
* ... that in 1949 the U.S. Army’s first radioactive isotope laboratory (pictured) was opened by General Raymond W. Bliss?
- Source 1 - "The Army’s first radioactive isotope laboratory was opened officially on March 4 at the Army Medical Center by Major General Raymond W. Bliss, Surgeon General of the Army." (page 220)
- Source 2 - This, the first isotope laboratory in any Army installation, was inaugurated on March 4 in a ceremony in which Major General Raymond W. Bliss, the Surgeon General officiated, (page 312)
- Source 3 - A new laboratory for the study of radioactive isotopes at the Army Medical Department Research and Graduate School Washington DC was officially opened on 4 March (page 425)
Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 11:56, 17 February 2020 (UTC).
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Overall: I have tweaked the hook to specify the army and added the italics to (pictured), but otherwise everything checks out. A nice article and a decent hook. It would be nice if this hook could be run on March 4th. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:18, 17 February 2020 (UTC)