VOLUME VI, NUMBER 48
ADAK SUN
27 NOVEMBER 1961
At 6s30 AM on Thanksgiving morn most of the base was fast asleep but Adak is
no exception in that many of its residents were at work or preparing to go to
work at this hour.
Shiprs Division was preparing to meat the incoming cargo ship, the cooks and
messcooks at the Galley were already busy readying the fabulous Thanksgiving
entree to be served that afternoon.
In the barracks the men who had Hatch Crew and Working party were assembling
at the General Mess for breakfast before they loaded onto the work buses that
would take them to the ship and warehouses for cargo operations.
In the housing area a few lights were turned on aS members of the Hatch Crew
and Working Party Supervisory Crew also readied themselves for the day ahead.
Some of the wives, up to fix their husbandks breakfas't before his departure began
cooking their Turkey and fixing their pies, knowing it would be a late dinner
for their family.
The ship arrived near its latest scheduled ETA and of course on THANKSGIVING
DAY. The Hatch Crews cf men from every Department of the station, the Marines
and the working .parties made up of men from every Department, Communications
Station, and the Labor & Equipment Division of the Supply Department whose prim
ary responsibility is cargo operations were re.ady* The crews worked through the
day and were relieved by a night shift that evening* They were off then until
the next day and another ship, where the same procedure prevailed.
The off-loading of the ships is the beginning of an operation which involves
many people - the Commissary Store works to stock its shelves with the new items
and the produce that a ship brings. The Navy Exchange warehouse was busy over
the weekend checking in new gear for Santa and the Supply Department was busy at
its warehouses checking in its supplies.
IN GIVING THANKS THIS THANKSGIVING WE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THANKS TO THESE MEN WHO
DO THESE THINGS - THANK YOU AND WELL DOiE, MEN OF U. S. NAVAL STATION, ADAK,ALASK