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- Everbody managed to visit the "Rock's Gal" at one time or other - December 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- This airman is quite serious - December 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- While this airman looks right at home - December 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- What more can we say? - December 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- The dining hall at Resolution Island - December 1956.
Note the attempt to provide Christmas decorations.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- HF antenna and the anemometer on a typical winter day - December 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Troposcatter communications antennas and the HF antenna - December 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Supplies and mail being dropped by parachute - November 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Supplies and mail being dropped by parachute - November 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- One of the items obtained from the parachute drop - November 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- The radomes in first stages of winter - October 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Aerial photo of the 920th AC&W Squadron - October 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Aerial photo of the 920th AC&W Squadron - October 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Aerial view of the 920th AC&W Squadron - October 1956.
The road winding to the top of the photo ends at the airstrip. Only about 1500 feet of runway was available at the time I was stationed at Resolution Island. They did not fly any fixed wing aircraft there, but they did make use of the runway for para-drops. The helicopters landed at a pad closer to the site. The buildings about half way down across from the fuel tank were known as the Civilian Camp or the Construction Camp. When I was there, these buildings housed Canadian civilians who were working on a Marconi project.
Courtesy Woody Huffor.
- Close up photo of the squadron area - October 1956.
Courtesy Woody Huffor.
- The NCO Club - September 1956.
Front row - (L-R) S/Sgt Harry Anderson, Mr. Bailey, A/1C Allen Moore.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Unidentified personnel in the Officer's Club - September 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Aerial photo of the 920th AC&W Squadron - September 1956.
You can see that the site is on the edge of a 1300 foot cliff which drops down to the water. The building in the upper right hand corner, at the end of the road, is the Radio Shack. After leaving in 1957, I heard that an Airman who worked at Radio Maintenance fell over the side of the cliff while taking photos near the Radio Shack. The vertical line in the center on the right hand side of the photo is the sewer line going out to the edge of the cliff. There was an ugly stain where sewage ran down the cliff and this prompted the nickname of "Shit-Face Mountain".
Courtesy Woody Huffor.
- Close up photo of the Operations area - September 1956.
Courtesy Woody Huffor.
- This USAF helicopter was used as the primary means of transportation between Resolution Island and Frobisher Bay - September 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Another view of the USAF helicopter as it arrived from Frobisher Bay - September 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Radio tower/antenna barely visible in the photo - August 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Radio towers at sunset - August 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Radio tower/antenna barely visible - August 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Radio tower at sunset - August 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Another photo taken at sunset - August 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- (L-R) Allen Moore and Glenn Watts working as DJ's at the local radio station - July 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- (L-R) Marconi Radar Engineer (Bailey) and A/1C Allen Moore in front of the radar power distribution panel - July 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Mr Bailey in front of the radar power distribution panel - July 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- A/1C Allen Moore at the Radar Test and Repair Bench - June 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Mr. Bailey (Marconi Engineer) instructing USAF personnel - June 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- (L-R) Mr. Bailey and A/1C Allen Moore with the AN/TPS-502 backup search radar system - June 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Airman Glenn Watts in his bunk - June 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- (L-R) Mr Bailey, Airman Glenn Watts and A/1C Allen Moore - June 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- (L-R) Mr Bailey, A/1C Allen Moore, A/1C Glenn Watts - June 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
- Polar bear taken by local Eskimos assigned to the weather station for survival assistance - June 1956.
Courtesy Glenn Watts.
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