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2010 Aleutian World War II Calendar ALEUTIAN WORLD WAR II NATIONAL HISTORIC AREA 2010 CALENDAR Photograph: ChildrenofAttuIsland,July 1941 Courtesy Alaska State Library, Butler/Dale Photo Collection, p306-2841. one of his last acts as President, George W. Bush signed a proclamation on December 5, 2008 establishing Valor in the Pacifc National Monument to honor Americans who sacrifced their lives, homes and livelihood for the cause of democracy and freedom during World War II. Nine sites located in Hawaii, Alaska and California comprise the new National Monument. In part, President Bush said: IN Beginning at Pearl Harbor with the day o infamy that saw the sinking o the eraordinary land batle for the poseion o occupied islands. Tee batle USS Arizona and ending on the de o the USS Miouri in Tokyo Bay, many led to signifcant los o life for boh side, as well as for the island’s native o the ke batle o World War II were waged on and near American shore people. Batlegrounds such as Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, Peleliu, the and throughout the Pacifc. We must always remember the debt we owe to the Philipine, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa are remembered for the heroic sacrifce members o the Greatet Generation for our liberty. Teir gif is an enduring and valor displayed there. Te confic raged as far north as the Alaskan peace that transformed enemie into steadfast allie in the cause o democracy teritory. Te United State ultimately won the encounter in the Aleutian and feedom around the globe. Island chain but no without proracted and costly batle. Americans will never forge the harowing sacrifce made in the Pacifc by Tere were also sacrifce on the home font. Tens o millions o Americans soldiers and civilians that began at dawn on Deember 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor rallied to suport the war efort, oen at great personal cost. Men and women on the island o Oahu. Te surprise atac killed more than 2,000 American o all backgrounds were called upon as industrial workers, volunteers, and military personnel and dozens o civilians and thrust the United State fully civil servants. Many Americans valiantly suported the war efort even as the into World War II. strugled for their own civil rights. America reponded and mobilized our force to fght side-by-side with our In commemoration o this pivoal period in our nation’s hisory, the World allie in the European, Atlantic, and Pacifc theaters. Te United State Navy War II Valor in the Pacifc National Monument adds nine hisoric site to our engaged in epic sea batle, such as Midway, and our Armed Force fought national heritage o monuments and memorials repreenting various aspecs camps in southeast Alaska. Tothe end, they remained proud citizens of the country which abandoned them. Far from home, military men and women risked their lives to safeguard the freedoms we now still enjoy.Far from home, both Native Alaskan and military personnel from the “lower 48” sufered terrible loss during the Aleutian Campaign. For their sacrifce we owe them all a debt of gratitude. Once again, we are grateful to all who so graciously donated photos and stories for use in this calendar. These calendars are put together largely from photos you have shared with us. This year, images and stories from the families of Charlton Heston, Mannert Abele, and Robert Johnson, and from veterans Robert Boon, David Hendrickson, Wiley Hunter, and Glen R. Ellis provide touching vignettes of those who served in the Aleutians. Images for this year’s calendar were also obtained from National Park Service sponsored research on the lost villages of Unalaska and Attu Islands, on the internment camps of southeast Alaska, and on the Japanese guns of Kiska. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contributed images as well from World War II sites located on the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Through sharing these stories we continue to remember those who have quietly passed on and honor their contribution to our nation’s history. Courtesy National Park Service. o the war in the Pacifc. Tree site are located in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands (in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge). Te frst is the crash site o a Consolidated B-24D Liberator bomber–an aircraf o a type that played a highly signifcant role in World War II–located on Atka Island. Te seond is the site o Imperial Japan’s occupation o Kiska Island, beginning in June 1942, wich marks the northern limit o Imperial Japan’s epansion in the Pacifc. Te third Aleutian deignation is on Atu Island, the site o the only land batle fought in North America during World War II. To read the full text of the proclamation, go to: http://home.nps.gov/pwr/customcf/apps/ ww2ip/dsp_proclamation.cfm This year’s calendar gives tribute to those in the Aleutians who paid such a high price for their love of country.Forcibly removed from their home islands by the U.S. Photograph courtesy retired Lt. Col. Glen R. Ellis. Photograph courtesy retired government, the Unangan (Aleuts) sufered through years of internment in makeshift Second Lieutenant Glen R. Ellis, 18th Pursuit Squadron, Amchitka, 1943. All Hands Lost: The Submarine USS Grunion Stern of USS Grunion on launching ways, 1941, Stern of USS Grunion as photographed by remote Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. Courtesy St. operated vehicle 3000 feet below sea level, 2007. Mary’s Sub Museum. Courtesy Abele family. Abele, Mannert L. Clift, John S. Hall, Kenneth E. Lyon, James W. Parziale, Carmine A. Thomas, Millener W. Alexander, Frank E. Collins, Michael F. Hellensmith, Ernest G. Martin, Carson R. Paul, Cornelius, Jr. Traviss, Byron A. Allen, Daniel E. Cooksey, Lee D. Henderson, Hollice B. Martin, Thomas E. Pickel, Bernard J. Ullmann, Albert Arvan, Herbert J. Cullinane, Daniel Hutchinson, Charles R. Mathison, Ryder Post, Arnold C. Van Woggelum, Marshall F. Banes, Paul E. Cuthbertson, Wm. H., Jr. Kennedy, Sylvester J. McCutcheon, Richard G. Randall, William H. Walter, Melvin H. Bedard, Leo J.I. Deaton, Lawrence D. Knowles, Edward E., Jr. McMahon, John M. Ryan, Loyal, Jr. Webster, Raymond E. Blinston, Wesley H. DeStoop, Albert E. Kockler, Lawrence R. Miller, Ernest C. Sanders, Howard A. Welch, Donald F. Bonadies, Nicholas R. Devaney, William P., Jr. Kornahrens, William G. Myers, David O. Schumann, Elmer T. Wells, John H. Boo, Robert F. Dighton, Samuel R., Jr. Ledford, Moore J. Nave, Frank T. Sullivan, Paul P. Wilson, John E., Jr. Bouvia, Chester L. Doell, Louis H., Jr. Lehman, Woodrow W. Newcomb, Arthur G. Surofchek, Steven Youngman, Ralph J. Caldwell, George E. Franck, Leon H. Loe, Sidney A. Nobles, John W. Swartwood, David N. Carroll, Richard H. Graham, Merritt D. Lunsford, Samuel, Jr. Pancoast, Jack E. Templeton, Samuel A. On Eternal Patrol January 2010 The Navy and the nation will always be grateful for their service and their sacrifce. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday . 1 2 New Year’s Day Courtesy Abele family 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lt. Cmdr. Mannert L. Abele n 30 July 1942, the USS Grunion Last Quarter Moon O on patrol north of Kiska radioed to Dutch Harbor, “. at 1435 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 and 1516 heard moderately heavy gunfre to north of Kiska. Have 10 torpedoes forward remaining .” The sub was never heard from again. For New Moon 66 years the Grunion has been on the 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 books as missing, cause unknown. In August 2007, as a result of a Martin Luther collaborative efort with individuals King Day First Quarter Moon from all over the world, the sub commander’s sons used a remote 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 operated vehicle to videotape a shipwreck 3000 feet below sea level. Roughly a year later, the Navy confrmed that the wreck was the Full Moon USS Grunion, the sub commanded by 31 their father. To learn more go to ussgrunion. com. To contact the brothers go to: [email protected]. USS Grunion following commissioning 11 April 1942. Courtesy Abele family. Internment: Funter Bay Funter Bay Cannery, Funter Bay, Alaska. Courtesy Alaska State Library. February 2010 We were dreadfully homesick. We didn’t like the trees. The children called them “leaves on sticks” and “old stalks of celery.” At Funter Bay we couldn’t go walking because the trees were in the way. – Alice Tutiakoff, St. George, Pribilof Islands Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Courtesy Fredericka Martin Album, Archives, Alaska and Polar Martin Album, Archives, Courtesy Fredericka Regions Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Mary [Kozloff] Bourdukofsky and Mary Kushin 1 2 3 4 5 6 washing clothes at Funter Bay. n abandoned cannery on the shore of Funter Bay was one of Last Quarter Moon A fve relocation camps in southeast 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Alaska where Unangan were sent during the war. Like the other places, the Funter Bay cannery was barely habitable. The Unangan were forced to live in deplorable conditions, without sanitary water or sewage 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 systems in the ramshackle bunkhouse and cottages which had previously New Moon housed cannery workers. During the Valentine’s Day President’s Day two years they stayed at the camp, several people died and were buried 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 in a cemetery close by. Today, the land where the cannery stood has been sub-divided and First Quarter Moon sold. Most of the old buildings are collapsed, in ruins, or exist as 28 only a trace, but a few have been renovated. The cemetery, refurbished by the Unangan, was the site of a 50th anniversary of internment Full Moon commemorative service.
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