Spotted Island, Labrador
Photographs

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  1. Dewey Larson (left) and Ken Jones (right) with home made Christmas decorations. The mail and Christmas tree dropped by parachute from an SA-16 aircraft went into the ocean - December 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  2. Don and Kelly trying to play chess - November 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  3. Detachment #2 Spotted Island Gap Filler complex. Taken from the helicopter pad northeast of the building looking towards the southwest - November 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  4. Close up of Detachment #2 Spotted Island Gap Filler complex. Taken from the helicopter pad northeast of the building looking towards the southwest - November 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  5. Special Orders #69. Para 2 - AFSC change for Gap Filler Commander Captain Chester H Wheeless (now deceased). Para 7 - Award of AFSC Skill Level Five for A/2C Ken Jones - 2 October 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  6. Sergeant Peters of the Motor Pool was the ranking NCO on the site - October 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  7. Cyril Noseworthy, Diesel Operator standing on fuel drums - October 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  8. The "Disaster Shack" which housed an emergency generator, a radio, rations and Arctic survival gear - October 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  9. View of the D-8 clearing the road to the chopper pad. The "Disaster Shack" is visible in the upper left of the photo - October 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  10. Site vehicles. 6x6 truck, D-8 Bulldozer, 4x4 Weapons carrier and the "Weasel" which was actually an amphibious tracked vehicle with a watertight hull and rudders for steering in water. This was before the rise of the snowmobile therefore it was used in the snow - October 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  11. Dewey Larson working his secondary duty as a bartender - October 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  12. Tommy Webber at 10 years old - 19 September 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  13. Site pet "Maniac" at base of stairs with friends. The other dogs were owned by the villagers - September 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  14. Special Orders #49. TDY from Spotted Island to Goose AFB for dental treatment - 17 August 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  15. A view of the village of Spotted Island - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  16. Fishermen unloading salt at dock. Village in the background - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  17. Villagers unloading a boat load of fish - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  18. House in the village depicting 3 children and L-R "Uncle Jim" the mayor, Sammy, Frenchy and Sgt. Peters - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  19. Don Devers (Radar Operator) - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  20. Joe Krupilis (Pole Vault) and Kelly Bane (Radar Operator) - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  21. Tower with radome protecting the FPS-14 search radar antenna - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  22. View looking south from the radome - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  23. Main building with arrow pointing to Dewey's room in barracks. - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  24. USAF H-21B helicopter bringing in personnel, mail and supplies - August 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  25. Interior of Dewey Larson's barrack room - 26 July 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  26. Ken Jones in his natural position - 26 July 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  27. Iceberg at Spotted Island - 26 July 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  28. Libs, Don and Kelly checking out icebergs at Spotted Island - 26 July 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  29. Along the Eastern shore of Spotted Island - 26 July 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  30. Unknown airman in back of 2 1/2 ton truck. Taken by Don Devers (Radar Operator). - 24 July 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  31. Graduation photo Duane (Dewey) Larson (front row - far right); Ken Jones (middle row - far left) - 17 April 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  32. Special Orders #38. Assignment from Cartwright AFS to Detachment #2, Spotted Island - 17 April 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  33. Boarding pass on MATS Flight 483 from McGuire AFB to Goose AFB - 26 March 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  34. Special Orders #B-97. Assignment from McGuire AFB to 922nd AC&W Squadron at Cartwright, Labrador for furtherance to Detachment #2 at Spotted Island for Ken Jones and Dewey Larson - 11 February 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

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Updated: October 13, 1999