Civil Defense Instruments were distributed to shelters and radiological monitoring
stations in kits. These "kit pages" show what instruments made up each type of kit.

This is the CD V-777 "Operational Set." I got the original list of contents for this kit from Chapter VIII, Annex 1 of DOD, OCD publication SM-11.23.2 "Radiological Defense, Planning and Operations Guide" revised March 1967. The book lists the kit contents as seen above, 1-CD V-700 Geiger counter, 2-CD V-715 Survey Meters, 2-CD V-742 Dosimeters and 1-CD V-750 Dosimeter Charger. The FEMA publication CPG 2-2 dated Sept 1991 also has a kit contents list. The CPG 2-2 document has the CD V-777 kit contents the same as above but with 6-CD V-742 Dosimeters instead of 2.

This is the original makeup of the CD V-777 kit. The CD V-710 and V-720 were replaced by the CD V-715s in later kits. The earliest contents list I have found for the V-777 kit is in the NP-23-1 Appendix 1, Annex 23 of National Radiological Defense Plan. The contents list in the NP-23-1 consists of 1-CD V-700 Geiger Counter, 1-CD V-710 Survey Meter, 1-CD V-720 Survey Meter, 1-CD V-730 Dosimeter, 1-CD V-740 Dosimeter, 1-CD V-750 Dosimeter Charger and a pair of CD V-860 or CD V-870 protective masks. See below.

CD V-777 Kit With Protective Masks

CD V-777 shipping box. Box is larger to allow space for protective masks.	CD V-777 kit box was down inside of shipping box.
Navy Mk IV mask and bag that came with V-777 kit.	Other mask shown from back.

I obtained an incomplete V-777 kit with masks and it came with 2 WWII vintage Navy Mark IV gas masks. The kit was missing the V-750 charger, V-700 geiger counter and the CD V-730 dosimeter. The shipping date on this kit is July 10 1962.

Another source of information about the masks is the 1962 Office Of Civil Defense Annual Statistical Report.

The 1962 Report states...
Through FY 1962 , 172,297 masks had been procured. Of these 139,797 were from military stock and 32,500 were from manufacturers. The total number of masks supplied the states for familiarization, demonstration and emergency use was 70,000 and to radiological monitoring stations, 62, 800 at the rate of 2 per station.
Thanks to Nick for the 1962 Annual Report info!

The shipping address on this kit is "Jefferson County Civil Defense Agency, Golden Colorado." It would appear that this kit was shipped to Jefferson County for use in a radiological monitoring station. On the back of the box written in marker is "2/14" which would lead me to believe that it was part of a shipment of 14 kits. The return address is "General Services Administration, CDM Depot, Hampton Iowa."