St. Anthony, NF
Photographs


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  1. When I left St. Anthony to go back to "The States", we docked at La Scie to pick up an airman who was stationed there and leaving - December 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  2. Before leaving St. Anthony I sat in on this crap game and won enough money to buy my airplane ticket from McGuire AFB to home in Indiana - December 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  3. Off duty hours in the lounge - December 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  4. Off duty hours in the lounge - December 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  5. Time to eat! - December 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  6. Tom Reeves in his "clown suit" during "Founders Day" celebrations - December 1959.
    Courtesy Tom (Rebel) Reeves.

  7. Tom Reeves in one of the hallways between barracks - December 1959.
    Courtesy Tom (Rebel) Reeves.

  8. Road out to the Transmitter site. They would use a D-9 caterpillar to clean out the roads when it snowed like this - November 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  9. View of the 921st AC&W Squadron from a distance - November 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  10. Ice starts to accumulate in the bay - November 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  11. Tom Reeves and an unidentified friend - November 1959.
    Courtesy Tom (Rebel) Reeves.

  12. Special Orders, A-205 - 19 October 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  13. Special Orders, A-201, page 1 of 2 - 13 October 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  14. Special Orders, A-201, page 2 of 2 - 13 October 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  15. Tom Reeves finding time to work out - 1960.
    Courtesy Tom (Rebel) Reeves.

  16. Tom Reeves "checking the mail" - October 1959.
    Courtesy Tom (Rebel) Reeves.

  17. It's time for a party - October 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  18. Dancing up a storm - October 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  19. Everyone appears to be having a good time - October 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  20. White radome in the fog was a very common occurrance - October 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  21. Special Orders, Number B-62 - 17 September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  22. Special Orders, Number A-176 - 1 September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  23. Unidentified serviceman walking back from St. Anthony to the site - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  24. This snow mobile was made by Plymouth and had an in-line six cylinder engine. We had three at one time but I heard that one went through the ice in 1958 - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  25. St. Anthony Federal Building - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  26. My room at the site. Pretty typical - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  27. Another view of my roon - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  28. Ironing a shirt in the latrine/laundromat/ping-pong room - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  29. I had an old field jacket so I painted this "folk art" on it - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  30. The search radar radome after it weas painted "white" - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  31. One day a crew shoped up and threw rope ladders over the radomes and painted them white - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  32. Hallways connected the various buildings at the site. You can see the cables that held the buildings down. I saw winds of 130 mph before the anemometer blew away and temperatures of -37 degrees F during the winter months - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  33. Inter-connecting hallways at the site - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  34. Two of the weapons carriers in the Motor Pool - September 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  35. A view of the Atlantic as seen from the station - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  36. The search radar tower and and original rubber radome - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  37. The search radar radome before it was painted white - August 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  38. All of these kids had TD of the bones - September 1959.
    Courtesy Tom (Rebel) Reeves.

  39. The "Hospital" plane landing in the bay - September 1959.
    Courtesy Tom (Rebel) Reeves.

  40. The "mail plane" never did seem to come in ogten enough - August 1959.
    Courtesy Tom (Rebel) Reeves.

  41. The Pole Vault system - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  42. The Atlantic as seen from behind a parabolic communications antenna - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  43. A pair of parabolic antennas with a POL fuel tank in the distance - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  44. The back of one of the Pole Vault communications antennas - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  45. The local area as seen from the Operations site - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  46. Yes, this is a parabolic communications antenna - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  47. Troposcatter communications antenna - August 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  48. The radomes and parabolic communications antennas - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  49. Everyone gathers outside for a photo - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  50. Are they at work or play? - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  51. Have you ever seen so many Communications Technicians? - August 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  52. Big Devil Pond. You can see the pump house on the right - August 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  53. Airman Santana drowned in the Atlantic Ocean near St. Anthony and this is the place where it happened. I understand they have a trail named after him at this location - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  54. After Airman Santana drowned, the people from St. Anthony walked down to the ocean to look for his body. Here, some people are returning to St. Anthony. His body was found by local fishermen a few weeks later - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  55. People walking back to St. Anthony after looking for Airman Santana's body after he drowned - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  56. Nurses home in St. Anthony. "Faith, Hope and Love Abide, but the greatest of these is Love". I have never forgotten that - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  57. Building by the hospital "All thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children" - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  58. A church in St. Anthony - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  59. Grenfell Mission Hospital in St. Anthony - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  60. Grenfell orphanage in St. Anthony - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  61. Grenfell Mission Hospital in St. Anthony - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  62. Grenfell Memorial Co-Operative Society Ltd building in St. Anthony - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  63. House behind the hospital in St. Anthony. The "cut" through the trees on the right was called "Hospital Hill" and we skied down it in the winter. Some of the guys playing baseball in the foreground - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  64. The Capital theater in St. Anthony. They showed very old movies such as the "Three Stooges" during my tour at the site - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  65. The local branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia in St. Anthony - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  66. St. Anthony Inn - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  67. Site party held in the Motor Pool - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  68. Inside the Motor Pool during the summer party - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  69. Airmen playing volleyball at the summer party - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  70. Another photo of the guys playing volleyball - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  71. Summer party in the Motor Pool - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  72. Some of the guys standing outside of the Motor Pool during the summer party - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  73. Troposcatter communications antennas - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  74. A feed horn for the troposcatter antenna. We would throw flashbulbs in front of the feed horn to watch the flashbulbs go off - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  75. More troposcatter communications antennas - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  76. My unit installing cables - July 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  77. My first look at St. Anthony - June 1959.
    Courtesy Tom (Rebel) Reeves.

  78. One of the interconnecting hallways on the site - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  79. Nice photo of the site at St. Anthony - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  80. Five of us "checked out" a weapons carrier one day and drove over to Cook Harbour. The photo shows the lighthouse that was there - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  81. Four of the five who went to Cook Harbour (I took the photo). (L-R) Thomas, Miller, Christenson, unknown - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  82. Lighthouse at Cook Harbour - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  83. A rusted out tanker we saw near Cook Harbour in the Strait of Belle Isle. We were told that it had run aground during WW II to keep from being sunk by a German submarine - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  84. We saw this pile of Cod drying in Cook Harbour - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  85. After the single Cod fish were dried they would be stacked in small groups like this - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  86. Airman Miller holding a Cod fish at Cook Harbour - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  87. Four of my friends and a pile of Cod fish near Cook Harbour - June 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  88. Checking out the watch - June 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  89. A quiet day in the Airmen's Lounge - June 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  90. OK, let's settle this once and for all - June 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  91. Taking a break in the lounge - June 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  92. Pool, drinking and bragging - June 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  93. Honest, it was this big! - June 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  94. And the fun continues - June 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  95. SA-16 in St. Anthony harbour bringing us mail - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  96. The only "real flower" that I saw during my year at St. Anthony - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  97. Charles Olson coming down the stairs at the west side of the site - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  98. A fishing boat in St. Anthony harbour - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  99. Buildings as you entered the town of St. Anthony - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  100. The search radar radome in its intial color - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  101. A smaller radome housing the height-finder radar equipment - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  102. The main site as seen from the "Transmitter site" - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  103. The main site as seen from the "Receiver site" - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  104. An iceberg floating by the site - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  105. Someone had the idea that moving the air-to-air communications antennas from the Receiver and Transmitter sites to the top of the radomes would be a good idea. It wasn't and they were later moved back - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  106. Installing poles and cables for the equipment move from the Receiver and Transmitter sites to the radomes - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  107. A smaller radome with communications antennas - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  108. Some of my unit installing antennas on telephone poles - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  109. Radio equipment in the base of the radar tower - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  110. Radio equipment in the base of the radar tower - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  111. More radio equipment used by the radar station personnel - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  112. (L-R) May Morris (local girl from St. Anthony) and Chuck Olson - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  113. Walter Mauger and an unidentified local girl - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  114. Elsie Pilgrim (now Mcgee) sitting on a log near the hospital - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  115. The power plant in St. Anthony - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  116. A good view of the barracks and the radomes - May 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  117. (L-R) Santana, Herman, Bob and Fred - May 1959.
    Courtesy Thomas (Ron) Biggers.

  118. St. Anthony Harbour looking west - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  119. A typical day in St. Anthony consisted of fog - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  120. This is the "new" Airmen's Club after remodelling was completed - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  121. They installed a new Blaupunkt record player when they remodelled the Airmen's Club. Airman Kahn, our crypotgraphy airman, listens to records - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  122. Center of the site with the flag poles surrounded by hallways. The power plant is on the right and the road to St. Anthony is top center - May 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  123. Saturday night in the "old" Airmen's Club. This was before they remodelled the club. Walter Mauger with one eye closed - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  124. Iceberg in the bay beside the site. If you look closely you can see two fishing boats in front of the iceberg and several USAF airmen fishing on the rocks - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  125. The American Wharf in St. Anthony - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  126. Picture of the site as seen from atop of the radome tower. The door at the top of the steps (with the lights on) went into the Airmen's Club - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  127. Looking back at the site from the trail to Goose Cove - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  128. Walking the trail to Goose Cove - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  129. The rail to Goose Cove, near the dump - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  130. We walked to Goose Cove using a trail - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  131. McDonalds Sons & Co trading post at Goose Cove - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  132. A Goose Cove fisherman came to McDonalds Son & Co and traded some Cod fish for a large sack of flour. You can see the sack of flour in the back of the boat - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  133. Cod fish laying out to dry in Goose Cove - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  134. The meeting hall at Goose Cove - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  135. A panoramic view of Goose Cove - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  136. One of the roads around the radar site - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  137. Larry Davis climbing the rocks around the site - April 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  138. Several of us learned to ski while at St. Anthony. We practiced on the small hill in front of the site - March 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  139. One of my friends falling down while learining how to ski - March 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  140. One of the weapons carriers at the site. Note the large gas heater on the front fender - March 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  141. One of the barrack halls with rooms on both sides. My room was to the left - March 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  142. The Chow Hall at the radar site - March 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  143. Airman Christenson in barracks - February 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  144. Joseph Lasater III spinning records at WVNN "The Voice of Information and Education" - February 1959.
    Most of the musical libray consisted of rock and roll records. I remember playing the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly records all night after they died in an airplane crash near Mason City Iowa.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  145. Larry Davis (then 19 years of age) spinning records at WVNN - February 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  146. Blowing snow always resulted in some awesome looking patterns - February 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  147. Another Saturday Night Sance party - February 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  148. Two of my friends. Walter Mauger is the taller one - February 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  149. Special Orders, Number 19 - 20 January 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  150. Photo of some of the books in the library on the station - January 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  151. Chow Hall with my unit NCOIC below the arrow - January 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  152. Some of the guys building one of our "great pyramids in the Airmen's Club. The tall airman in the back is Walter Mauger and the short one in front is Curly Wilson - January 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  153. Building pyramids out of empty beer cans was a favorite past time - January 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.

  154. Air to air radio transmitter - January 1959.
    Courtesy Larry Davis.


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