History Detective....

[sc7500]

A very good friend from High School [Lorie Roper-Leach] just lost her father to the ravages of time... He was stationed on Adak during the war, arriving on Dec 8, 1942. The last entry in his battle diary was 5/4/43 when he was reassigned to a base in California.

Could any of our historians lend me directions to collect images of this area in the given time-frame for her ? Base photos, personnel, daily life....

It would mean the world to Lorie - and help her and her sisters say goodbye.

Thanks in Advance
SC

 

[tobob]

Sorry to hear about the loss.

Here's a couple links to get started.

http://www.eubank-web.com/Donald/Aleutian/index.html

http://www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/adak-homepage.htm



tobob

 

[gavinc]

Report From the Aleutians

She would probably be interested in looking at this
http://archive.org/details/Report_From_The_Aleutians

An Academy Award winning documentary by John Huston from 1943

Gavin

 

[sc7500]

EXCELLENT !

Gentlemen;

Between the links posted here, my digging into the wee hours last night for info, and Lorie's own research...

She has found a way to return her Father's captured flag AND re-live his experiences on Adak.

I Thank You
SC