NRA CLUB NEWS
Tomight is meeting night so, come
one, come all! Bring a guest and per
haps the Club will gain a member I /ill
guests are cordially welcome. The
time of the meeting is 1930.
One incentative for coming to this
meeting is to get the "straight dope"
on the requirements for obtaining a
"Varment permit". The permits are to
be regulated under different procedures
than jn the past.
The movie scheduled for tonight is
"White Tail Buck". This movie, in
color, was filmed in the colorful hab
I itat of the White Tail Deer and is nar
rated by Thomas Mitchell.
Recent accidents on Adak involving
firearms indicates disregard (or igno
rance ) of the importance of observing
the basic rules of safety. Everyone
handling firearms should be familiar
with, and observe the "Ten Commandments
of Firearms Safety" listed below;
1. Treat every gun with the respect
due a loaded gun.
2. Watch that muzzle! Carry your gun
safely; keep safety on until ready to
shoot.
3. Unload gun when not in use, take
down or have action open; guns should
be carried to the shooting area in the
case,
4. Be sure the barrel is clear of
obstruction and that you have only am
r munition of the proper size for the
gun you carry.
5. Be sure of the target before you
pull the trigger; know identifying
features of the game you hunt.
6. Never point a gun at anything
you do not intend to shoot; avoid all
"horseplay" with firearms.
7. Never climb a tree (on Adak?) or
fence, or jump a ditch with a loaded
gun; never pull a gun toward you by
the barrel.
8. Never shoot a bullet at a flat,
hard surface or water; at target prac
tice be sure your backstop is adequate.
9. Store guns and ammunition separ
ately, beyone the reach of children.
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10, -Avoidalcoholic beverages before
or during shooting,
NOTEs Chief Melvin Pitts submitted the
above safety rules. If they had been
observed, perhaps our Adak accidents
would not have happened.
DID YOU KNOW? The Bering Building Mus
eum has a couple of new, interesting
additions. Check them on your next
trip. They were obtained and placed
there for your enjoyment by the Sports
mans Club and Special Services. Speak
ing of the Bering Building Museum, it
is too bad that some on Adak are igno
rant enough to use the display cases
as receptacles for candy wrapers and
cigarette ashes. Yes, Adak has it’s
litterbugs too!
USN
ALASKA FOR YOUR INFO (continued)
A phase of World War II, the Aleut
ian campaign, was conducted largely
within the Refuge. Following a carrier
attack on Dutch Harbor in early June
1942 the Japanese forces seized posit
ions on Kiska and Attu Islands. The
U. S. forces already established at
Cold Bay and on Unmak Island, occupied
positions first on Adak and then Amch
itka, using them as staging and bomb
ing bases for the ultimate assault that
resulted in a hard won U. S. victory
on Attu, followed by the evacuation of
Japanese forces from Kiska.
The marks of this chapter in Aleut
ian history are, like all the others,
there for one to see. Unlike the others
however, these need not be carefully
sought in kitchen middens or communal
dwelling sites 150 or more years old.
Aircraft runways, piers, roads, tele
phone and power distribution systems,
temporary buildings, and damaged ships
of both Japanese and U. S. origin are
to be seen throughout the length of
'•the chain". On Attu the marks of
combat are implanted for the duration
of this genological age at least.
Part II of a series