Operation SUNAC

General Detail and Photos


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  1. Operation SUNAC (Task Team #2) with Frobisher Bay detail - 1952.
    Courtesy As Indicated.

  2. Operation SUNAC (Task Team #1) with Cape Chidley detail - 1951-1952.
    Courtesy As Indicated.

  3. Operation SUNAC (Task Team #2) with Saglek (Hebron) detail - 1951-1952.
    Courtesy As Indicated.

  4. Operation SUNAC (Task Team #1) with Hopedale detail - 1952.
    Courtesy As Indicated.

  5. Operation SUNAC (Task Team #2) with Cartwright detail - 1952.
    Courtesy As Indicated.

  6. Operation SUNAC (Task Team #1) with St. Anthony detail - 1952.
    Courtesy As Indicated.

  7. Convoy vessels during Operation SUNAC - 1952.
    Courtesy As Indicated.

  8. Historical Report (Operation SUNAC) - May 1952.
    Courtesy Bernard Kessler.

  9. Historical Detail on Operation SUNAC - April 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  10. Mars Borealis - 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  11. General Detail on Operation SUNAC - 1952.
    Courtesy Salvador R Mercogliano.




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  1. The Statue of Liberty was still there when we returned from the north - October 1952.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  2. (L-R) Don Gordon & Leroy Roberts - October 1952.
    Photo taken in one of the many fijords in Greenland heading home.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  3. Inland in a fijord in Greenland - October 1952.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  4. Inland in a fijord in Greenland - October 1952.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  5. Unidentified military personnel heading home from Greenland - October 1952.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  6. Inland in a fijord in Greenland - October 1952.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  7. Inland in a fijord in Greenland - October 1952.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  8. Inland in a fijord in Greenland - October 1952.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  9. Inland in a fijord in Greenland - October 1952.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  10. One of the many icebergs that we used for target practice - September 1952.
    Courtesy Don Gordon.

  11. Icebergs were common around Newfoundland at this time of the year - June 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  12. The icepack at its thickest - June 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  13. LST 601 gets caught in the ice behind the Latimer - June 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  14. The icebreaker "Staten Island" leads LSD Donner through the icepack - June 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  15. The deck of the LSD Donner - June 1952.
    Courtesy Bob Jackson.

  16. Leaving a fog bank and entering a 30 mile wide icepack off northern Newfoundland - June 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  17. (L-R) 1st Lt Bernard Kessler, unidentified Naval pay officer, SFC William H Siemers. Pay day on the USS Latimer - 31 May 1952.
    Courtesy Bernard Kessler.

  18. (L-R) 1st Lt Bernard Kessler, unidentified Naval pay officer, SFC William H Siemers. Pay day on the USS Latimer - 31 May 1952.
    Courtesy Bernard Kessler.

  19. (L-R) Major MaGuire, CO Task Team #1 and SFC William H Siemers on the USS Latimer - 31 May 1952.
    Courtesy Bernard Kessler.

  20. (L-R) Major MaGuire, 1st Lt Kessler and SFC Siemers on the USS Latimer - 31 May 1952.
    Courtesy Bernard Kessler.

  21. Task force vessel USS Hughes en route to St. Anthony - May 1952.
    Courtesy Bernard Kessler.

  22. Destroyer escort pulling away from the USS Latimer after delivering a message - May 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  23. Attack transport, USS Glynn, as seen from her sister ship, the USS Latimer - May 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  24. A typical "sunset" over the Atlantic ocean - May 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  25. Water activity at the stern of the Latimer - May 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  26. The north Atlantic ocean as seen from the APA-152, USS Latimer - May 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  27. Looking downtown at the Empire State building - April 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  28. New York City - April 1952.
    Looking uptown over Central Park and the Hudson River from Rockefeller Center.
    Courtesy David E Morton.

  29. Camp Kilmer in New Jersey was home prior to Operation SUNAC - April 1952.
    Courtesy David E Morton.



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Updated: February 22, 2004