M.C.B. NINE NSW5
The Battalion received a letter from our Detachment in Kodiak telling of “a
.etter of appreciation from the Marine Barracks in regards to a Smoke -House the
)etachmont built in their spare time# The following is a first endorsement of
•,hat letter . • *
Subject: Smoko House
.. Returned with appreciation...
The Marine Barracks accepts ycur offor of the subject Smoke House. Upon in
specting we find it the most sriking additive of its nature on the Island cf
Kodiak. Your imagination and forethought is typical of Soaboe endeavor.
\fe of the Corps reflect upon the close bonds of friendship that have exist
)d between us since- the fall of 1942. At that time a Marine amphibious landing
ires sod the beaches cf Gu abac anal. Tho Seabees were on our heels. Within days
■ou constructed airfields, many times under fire, an on occasions filled gaps in
•ho jungle between, Marine units with your own men.- Frcm tho Solomon Islands to
Okinawa, we wore always proud to have you cn beard, and extend Marine Club priv
logos to the men cf potachment "Foxtrot" during their brief stay at the Naval
Nation. Our heartiest thanks to Chief Funic and the mon under his charge who
uilt tho.Smoke House. ■ ;
C. P. Clark, Jr
MCB-9 has undertaken the assignment of ccmpleteing a total of seventeen
obstruction projects. Since the time wo are going to be on adak is cf a
hort duration -we are working under a tight schedule in order to. complete all
bases of our construction .mission.
The Battalion will spend about 22,000 man-days on direct labor to complete
he assigned work. If one man was to perform all of this work, it would take
.im 63 years working 8 hours a day, 365 days a year, but to work a normal amount
f time allowing for weekends and holidays his deployment would last upwards of
‘1 years. During his stay here, he would have to dig 12 radios cf tronch and lay
?,C00 miles of electrical wire in the trenches and throughout the buildings.
‘his is enough wire to reach from Adak to the World1 s Fair dn .Seattle.
This is not only a big job for one man, but a big job for 500 men. If this
e rk wasn’t being done by Seoboes With- the MCan PcJI spirit, one might wender if
t could be done at all. *
The work isn’t under ideal conditions or is it simple' but the preservation,
f peace cannot always bo under ideal’ conditions or can be expected to be simple.