AWARD GIVEN
CIVILIAN
; HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT—A citation for
exceptional civilian service, signed
by Secretary of War Stimson,
was recently presented to Alavi
V. Kukkola, by Lt. Gen. Delos C.
Emmons, Alaskan Department
commander.
This commendation is the high
r est possible award that the War
Department can bestow on any
civilian and only once previously
has a similar citation been giv
en in the Alaska-Aleutian thea
tre. ■
Given for services performed in
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connection with the construction
of the Portage and Bear Valley
tunnels, the citation states that
Mr. Kukkiola accomplished this
under extremely hazardous
• conditions” and that “his out_;
standing achievements in the
successful completion of the
Whittier cut-off and the conse
quent improvement in the sup
ply of essential war materials
have contributed immeasurably
to the nation’s war effort.’
Mr. Kukkola, a native of Chi_
chagof Island, Alaska, wag school
ed at the Alaska University, ac
quiring bachelor degree in
Science and Civil Engineering,
j Graduating in 1938, he worked
for interior Alaskan towns, a
large mining company and for
himself before joining the Unit
ed States Engineer Department in
1940. His home, he says, “is not
definitely located, usually alter
nating between Fairbanks and
Anchorage.’
It was April 23, 1941, when he
led the first surveying crew to
the Portage side of the proposed
tunnel, later joining with an
other crew that started from the
Whittier side late in May. Cruel
weather made life miserable for
the men, who lived in tents until
mid-December, while beginning
the tunneling through two moun
tains of ‘‘Graywacke” rock. ‘‘We
were forced to run ‘a line of lev
els’ around the Portage Gla
cier,” said Mr. Kukkola. This
same glacier later swept away
the access bridges to the north
end of the long tunnel, killing
two men.
zWhen he received his citation,
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1 Kukkola said that he felt very
humble and that he “was glad to
have had the opportunity of
working with the Army Engineers
on the construction of this proj
ect and I believe that the ma
jority of the credit really be
ongs to them.’ To which General
Emmons replied: ‘‘You wouldn’t
be receiving this award if you
didn’t thoroughly deserve it.’
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