Adak - Birthplace of the Wind

My tour on Adak at Zeto Point Nov. 1970 to Nov. 1971

Bill Linhart former Communications Technician T-Branch


The intent of this page is to provide some pictures and a message board for those who served on Adak who might want to get in touch with long lost friends or just share memories.

Please use the message board near the bottom of this page to post messages relating to Adak. The best part of this site has turned out to be the messages posted in the guestbook. I am only sharing the pictures, you are sharing the memories. The pictures are arranged by areas and can be viewed by clicking the underlined topic in the left margin.




Naval Communications Station Adak across Clam Lagoon

(On a rare sunny day when everyone got out their cameras-I got off the bus, on the road at left, to take this picture)

Remember:

The Ptarmigan Club
When they finally got a beer machine - you could never have enough quarters
Green eggs
4 dot OLY Night
Tequila shots
White Outs
The mine fields at Lake Andy
ShoGo and Shithook (our dogs)
Earthquakes and Tsunami warnings
Monopoly Games
The Adak National Forest
Wrecked planes alongside the runway
Ammunition washed up on the beach
Dumpsters blowing down the road
Walks to town to buy wine and exploring the underground hospital on the way back
Working on the King Crab boats in Finger Bay
Hikes to Lake Betty
Sliding down Mt. Adagdak
The Gun mounts on Zeto Point
Plane wreckage on Mt. Adagdak
Sitkin Island Volcano - on days when you could see it
Unloading the supply ship
Days that the sun came out
Foxholes at every vantage point
Eagles,Ptarmigam, and Salmon
Shooting rats at night
Stereo gear and cameras from Japan
A locker full of pay checks you couldn't spend
365 days and a hook
Standing outside for the underground nuclear bomb test
The one room Adak International Airport
Walking off the road in the pitch dark and feeling around to find it again
Having the hood blow off the truck and out into the tundra
Trying to walk on the beach without twisting your ankle
Exploring the machinery scrap yard at Lake Andy
80 hours off at The Dog House
Burning the furniture at the Dog House to keep warm
How far you could lean into the wind without falling
The twice a week mail flights arriving on Reeves Aleutian Airlines
Recording music on reel to reel tapes
NEGDEF
Phase I - play lots of board games, read
Phase II - games end in disputes, visit the bar
Phase III - the stare

Zeto Point from Reeves Aleutian Plane 1970 (picture upper left and Zeto Point page)

It was like flying into an old black and white godzilla movie, everything was brown and foggy gray. I couldn't believe this island was on the planet earth. It looked worse than the images conjured up as a result of the ribbing one took upon receiving orders to Adak. The volcanoes on the approach and the wrecked planes alongside the runway made for an uneasy landing. For years afterward I was haunted by a dream that I was sent back for a second tour on Adak. Never have I experienced so much wind and rain, and cloudy overcast rotten days. To this day when people complain of bad weather I just chuckle to myself. But we did manage to have fun and create some good lasting memories.

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