Here is a picture of the base in about 1943 with Mount Moffitt in the background.
In the 1960's, Navy Construction Battalions (SeaBees) visited the island each summer
to remove the quonset huts. This wasn't as easy as you might think.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Seventy Years Ago: Northern Exposure
August 30, 1942 - US Army lands on the Island of Adak in the Aleutians, to build a seaplane base. Adak is 250 miles from the Japanese-occupied Aleutian island of Kiska.
Here is a picture of the base in about 1943 with Mount Moffitt in the background.
In the 1960's, Navy Construction Battalions (SeaBees) visited the island each summer
to remove the quonset huts. This wasn't as easy as you might think.
Here is a picture of the base in about 1943 with Mount Moffitt in the background.
In the 1960's, Navy Construction Battalions (SeaBees) visited the island each summer
to remove the quonset huts. This wasn't as easy as you might think.
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