VOLUME VI, NUMBER 38
ADAK SUN •
18 SEPTEMBER
MOUNT MOFFETT GREW BECOME FATHERS
Ensign J.E. LUCAS, USM,. Officer, in- Charge of the Mount Moffett Trarjsmitter Site
of the U.S. Naval Communications Station, Adak, Alaska, was surprized — to say
the least —. when his men, through a spokesman appointed for the task informed him
that all twenty-seven members of his crew had become ’’fathers.”. .
It turned out that they had ’’adopted” two members of a family in Greece through
the Save The Children Foundation. They showed him a picture of their ’’adopted
daughter”, Miss Assimina Kakosaios, age 7 who has 3 brothers, one older and two ■
younger than herself who live near the town of Levadia which is irj the area of •
Delphi in Greece, the spot of the famous Delphice oracle of ancient times.As yef
the group has not receiged a picture of the 2nd member of the family who they are
helping by contributions1 of $25.00 a month ($12.50 per each child) through thePbd
eration. * *•
No one man will take credit for the idea at this isolated station situated on*
Mount Moffett on an island considered isolated duty in itself. The men t stated'
they were sitting around the barracks thinking of things to do when one of them
spotted a story in a magazine which described the foundation and showed a picture
of a little Greek boy with the following descriptions •
’’The walls of Demetrios house in the slums of Athens are cracked. Icy wind;
blow right on his face while he sleeps. His blanket is threadbare. He eats one
meal a day—bread dipped in oil.” ’’Denetrio’s mother has tuberculosis and is hosp*
italized. His father, a rag man earns $13.00 a month. Demetrios does not pray tor
a blanket or more food. He prays to grow up quickly so that he can help his parem
These words impressed the men. They wrote the Federation and sent a money ordei
for $25.00 with the promise to send the $25*00 a month thereafter in support of ;twc
children in' any country deemed needy by the Federation. All of this was done with
out the OinC or any Chiefs knowing. This was a ’’whitehat” project and they didn*t
want anyone to know about it. t I.
They have received a picture of ’’their” little girl in Greece. Later they wiXl
receive information on the children and the family, other photos and the childr^ji
or the family will correspond with them.
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