Seeking radiation exposures of Honest John missiles

Dear Mr. Farrell,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located 13 series about Honest John and 2 series about Little John missiles as follows:

Honest John Missiles

• Commodity Management Files, 1958-1961; Project Control Files, 1961; Industrial Mobilization and Procurement Planning Administration Files, 1958-1959; Project Control Files, 1947-1957; Records Relating to the Guided Missile Program, 1949-1956; Weapons System Coordination Files, 1960; and Technical Reports, 1/7/1943-6/12/1956 in the Records of the Office of the Chief or Ordnance (Record Group 156).
• Project Control Files, 1959-1960 in the Records of the Army Staff (Record Group  319)
• Materiel Engineering Instruction Files, 1957-1966 in the Records of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (Record Group 544).
• Organizational History Files, 1958-1982 in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338).
• Investigative Files, 1966-1969 in the Records of the Office of the Inspector General (Army) (Record Group 159).
• Security Classified General Correspondence, 1942-1970 in the Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General (Record Group 389).
• General Records, 1965-1972 in the Records of U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia (Record Group 472).

Little John Missiles

• Project Control Files, 1959-1960 in the Records of the Army Staff (Record Group  319).
• Project Control Files, 1961 in the Records of the Office of the Chief or Ordnance (Record Group 156).

For access to and/or copies of these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!