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Alaskan Ail Base in the Making
AN EXAMPLE OF airport construction difficul
ties encountered by the U. S. Army Engineers
building bases in the Aleutians is shown here.
The operator of this engineer dragline is bring
- ---- ^
ing up material to fill in for taxiway and Wj.
standing construction. Note bomber to left 4
dragline.
— (JJ. B. Army Enginem
...I— I.
WELL DUG INTO Attu earth is this army hos
pital unit of Seattle-made Pacific Huts, set up
on the island by the army engineers. A major
.. .
project of the engineer* wai construction of
Alaska Railroad cutoff, which eliminates steep
grade* and snowbound passes.
^(Official United States Army Engineers Photos.)
Engineers
(continued from page 2)
cruft laden with Engineer con
struction equipment and aup
p'ies, moving fart her out into
the Aleutians There were island
surveys under .lap eyes and fire
ana theie was the procession of
new Enginter-built airfields si g
ged out of more Aleutian mud
Though they are easier now
the construction jobs of the
Engineers in the north ate not
yet over and this not-yet-writ
ten construction story is not yet
ended The Seattle Engineer
District has not been charged
with Alaska construction lespon
sibility since May 1942, when
the Alaskan Defense Command
took over, in order to direct the
jobs ftom the scene of action.
Under Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buckner, Jr., Commanding Gen
eral, Alaska Defense Command,
and his Engineer staff officer
Col. George J. Mold, and Col
Nold’ construction chief, Col
Charles F Baish, the Engineer
construction story is going a
head
The civilians are still in part
nership in Alaska with the
Corps of Engineers and mo:e
civilians are going north all ti e
time, recruited from every part
of the States for that part of
A D-7 CATERPILLAR bulldozer, manned by engineer WJP
following in Ibe army tbeir civilian conatructien otcupationa, P01 "
■aide anew to clear a read at aa Alaakan baae. _ , ,
-nr, t. Army, XBgiMTt *“’W >
Amenca that is not ye» a sta'e
If there 'a any American who
has not yet found ins or her war
job perhaps it is waling in
Alaska, at some Army Engineer
office 01 project
“The work of civilians employed
by the Army Engineers in Alas
ka lias been admirable and a
valuable contribution to the
war effort,’’ (Jen liuekner said
Victor Tyler, infant son ol
Mr. and Mrs I eo Tyler, is fully
recovered from a recent illness.
Frank Healv, former f
ter at the base, in n°*'
Army Tiansport Service,
ui-ntly retu.ued to lbe ea^C0
afier a trip that took li,M1 ®
Medilenanean are«• 111 *
t-n fr.enda here lie sa'd
(ravelled 32,00!) ^
months and "hud st'eu
excitement ”
Mrs. Ruby Whitting*0"
t die k"1
new emp oyee at 11
Fountain.