CHRISTIES DAY DINNER
menu
We received an advance copy of the
menu for Christmas Day Dinner and a
letter from the printer explaining
how the picture on the front cam© to
be •
The following is from the letter
writen by the printer, Perry Madison.
"I was drafted 1918 in the infantry
and was ,a little old to get in service
#2 war, but came to Alaska in 1943 to
help win it. This was known as the
Alaskan Command at that time, and I
was the official photographer for his
^torical pictures.
^ I was sent to every town and village
on the Alaskain main land, and up and
down the chain from Kodiak to Attu.
Was in Attu when Gen. Buckner made the
village under the mountain and spent
Christmas 1944 at Shemya. We were in
the air from Shemya to Adak in a C47
* bucket seat job when the word came of
the Jap surrender, and thought the
pilot was going in the water (no beams
* those days ) when he came back to tell
us.
That's history - but the next morn
ing I took this picture and having
been on Adak off and on for two years,
II know there are no trees on the island,
so I hope this will make it."
Seasons Greetings,
Perry Madison
The photograph (star superimposed)
on the cover of the menu was taken.at
Adak, 15 August 1945, the day after
the surrender of Japan# The heavens
seemed to reflect "Peace Has Come#"
The staff of the Adak Sun
wishes each and everyone of our
readers a Very,Very,Merry Christmas.