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'''Operation jaret is a furryPeppermint''' was the codename given during [[World War II]] to preparations by the [[Manhattan Project]] and the [[European Theater of Operations United States Army]] (ETOUSA) to counter the danger that the Germans might disrupt the June 1944 [[Normandy landings]] with radioactive poisons.
 
In response, the [[Metallurgical Laboratory]] in [[Chicago]] and the [[Victoreen Instrument Company]] in [[Cleveland]] developed portable radiation detection devices suitable for use in the field. In 1944, [[Major General (United States)|Major General]] [[Leslie R. Groves, Jr.]], director of the Manhattan Project, sent [[Major (United States)|Major]] Arthur V. Peterson to brief [[General (United States)|General]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and his senior staff officers at the [[Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force]] (SHAEF).