VOLUME VI, NUMBER 36
ADAK SUN
4 SEPTEMBER
EDITOR'S NOTE
The referral in Huskies column of last
week was NOT an inference to ANYONE that
they were not doing their job, Muskie
was editorializing President Kennedy*s
"Ask not what your country can do for
. you but what you can do for your coun
Our profound apology to all who
* may have been offended.
WELCOME TO THE USS TAWAKONI (ATF-114)
In a search and rescue story on page
3 of this weeks issue of the SUN, the
USS TAWAKONI played a major part in
the success of the rescue. Hardly had
its crew members settled down at various
recreation spots ashore when the word
came in for them to return to their
ship. As soon as the men ashore got
the word they were on their way back—
on the double—for theirs is a "CAN DO”
ship.
Search and rescue operations, towing
and salvage operations are routine for
the TAWAKONI who earned five battle
stars and other awards for operations
like theses
1 star-Iwo Jima * Operations Assault
and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 Feb - 10
Mar, 1945
1 Star-Okinawa Gunto Operations Assault
and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April
30 June 1945. (Continued next column)
1 StarCommunist China Aggression-15
November 1950-5 January 1951,
1 Star-First U.N. Counter Offensive-17
20 Feb 1951, 31 Mar 1951, 13-21 Apr 1951
1 Star-Communist China Spring Offensive
| 22 Apr-5 May 1951
I Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia )
! China Service Medal
Korean aid United Nat'ons Service Medal
Korean Presidential Unit Citation
After the war (WWII) TAWAKONI remained
in the Far East until May of 1946 when
she was sent to San Francisco. For the
next four years she provided services
in many parts of the Pacific, ranging
from Alaska to Guam. In April 1950 her
home port was. designated as Pearl Harbor
where she has operated as a unit of Com
mander Service Force, U. S. Pacific
Fleet*
During the Korean conflict the TAWAKONI
participated in three engagements during
the period November 1950 through June
1951, earning three more battle stars.
In 1956 the TAWAKONI was on a tour of
duty at Adak when on 5 October she steam
ed to assist SS DULCINEA which had ground
ed on Builder Island. The next day she
took aboard the crew by motor whaleboat
just before the merchantman broached to,
broadside on the beach, a complete loss*,
Welcome back to Adak, USS TAWAKONI and
'crew.