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VOLUME VII, NUMBER 22
ADAK SUN
28 May 1962
ADAK SHARPSHOOTERS BRING HOME COMMANDANT *S TROPHIES
Adak*s ace shooters on the Adak Gold Pistol and Rifle Teams were victorious
this year as they brought home a plane load of trophies in the final results of
the Commandant*s Rifle and Pistol Postal Matches for 1962. The final score of the
Adak Gold Team was 4553 to a 4540 racked up by 2nd place Naval Station, Kadiak
and Adak Blue Team was 3rd place with 4087.
In the Team Pistol Match held 15 May Adak took 1st place with team members*
WACHS, H.L., CEl, BORCHARD, *M.R., RMC, BRCDMEP.KEL, G.J., LT, DORRITY, W.J., ACC*
hitting the target for a total of 966 points which was 40 points over what the
2nd place Naval Station Kodiak team could muster and considerably more than the
380 total of 3rd place Coml7.
In the Team Rifle Match held May 17th, Adak acain took 1st place with team
members, BRODMERKEL, G.J., LT, BURCHARD, M.R., DORRITY, W.J., ACC, PALMER, D.L.,
BUL3 racked up a total of 878-47V to 2nd place Kodiak Naval Station*s 856-32V and
the 819-32V total of Adak’s Blue team consisting of WHEELER, W .W., ACl, PRICE,T.L.,
HM3, HAMER, J.D., SALINE, W.M., ETCA who took 3rd place in the match.
• In the Individual Pistol Match held 15 May 1962, Captain E. E* HEDBLOOM of the
Naval Station, Kodiak edged out Adak’s own H.L. WACH§, CEl who had a score of 260
and W. J. DORRITY,- ACC whc*se total was only one more down at 259*
In the Individual Rifle Match held 17 May, W. J. DORRITY, ACC came through to
take 1st place honors while M.R. BURCHARD, RMC was 2nd, G.J.'BRODMERKEL, LT, 3rd
D.L. PALMER, BUL3, 4th, J.D. HAMER, CEC, 5th which gave Adak the 1st 5 places in
the results of the match.
In the Individuals the final tally gave 1st place to GAPT E.E. HEDBLOOM of Naval
Station Kodiak in both the Rifle and Pistol matches with a total score of 1479 and
1058 and average of 369.75 and 264.5 respectively. Adak’s H. E. GROSS, HN placed
4th with a 1398 for an average of 349.5. 2nd place of the Pistol standings- in the
Individuals went to W.J. DORRITY, ACC who tallied a score of 1044 with a final
average of 261.
Congratulations to the Adak Team members who brought the Commandant*s Trophies
in Rifle and Pistol to Adak for the next 12 months* Good shooting.
-USN