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)

Raymond W. Bliss

Army's first radioactive isotope laboratory
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).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

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)