Officer Describes Work Of
Search & He^cue Unit
The Pacific Ocean area is divid
ed into five sectors for the pur
pose of search and rescue work, it
was learned at the Rotary Club
luncheon last Tuesday. A talk out
lining the Search and Rescue op
erations of the Navy was given by
CDK W W. Clark, Executive Of
ficer at the Naval Station and of
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ficer in charge of the operation.
Clark brought out in his talk
that by a system of communica
tions and standby ships and
planes, rescue is effected in cases
of emergency. A ,‘sea and Rescue
Center is maintained at Elmen
dorf to co-ordinate the activities
of the group Principal activity is
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the answering of calls from sea
going vessels and aircraft, both
military and civilian, in dist’ess.
Many cases around the island of
people requiring evacuation for
medical attention, are handled
each month, the speaker said.
‘‘It must be determined, follow
ing a report of distress, that an
emergency situation exists,” Cdr.
Clark stated. “This is done by
questioning by means of a series
of dispatches. Abuses crop up
from time to time, but most cases
are genuine.” His department
handles on the average of about
twenty rescues a month. This in
cludes boats and planes in distress
and people requiring medical
treatment.
The Kodiak Island operation is
only one of five in the Pacific
Ocean area. Four are in Alaskan
waters alone. The first sector is
Juneau. The second is ComSar 2.
which embraces the Kodiak area
from 40 degrees parallel south to
the St. Lawrence Islands. ComSar
3 is Elmendorf and all of the Al
askan mainland. ComSar 4. stret
ches from Adak to the Siberian
coast. „■ . ^
The speaker cited as an example
of the rescue unit of the Navy* the
sinking of the Washington Mail a
few months ago, and the. subse
quent rescue of its passengers by
the General Freeman. The distress
call in this case was sent put by
the Mail over a frequency of 500
kilocycles, which is the universal'
distress frequency, and was picked
up here. “The Freeman, being in
the vicinity, after picking up the
signal, rushed to her aid;:’ the
speaker said, “and effected a
'speedy rescue.”
Another instance recalled by the
speaker was the going down of the
PTV2, the Navy Neptune shot
down by the Russians off of St.
Lawrence Island last year. There
again, a speedy rescue was affect
ed by the natives of the island who
saw the plane go down. The Res
cue arm completed the evacuation
of the airmen.
“When a plane is reported over
due at a certain point, search and
rescue operations are begun. The
point at which the plane was last
heard from is checked, and the
search begins there.” His depart
ment, the speaker said, works in
close conjunction with ACS, in
the use of its facilities.
Search and rescue operations
are handled from the Control Tow
er on the Naval Station, where the
radio is tuned to the 500 kilocycle
frequency on a 24 hours basis. For
tunately, much of the work is
standby, the speaker concluded.
Other guests, besides the speak
er were Elvin Olsen, Bob Dawson,
Rev. Sydney Stone, Don Wolf and
Jess Ballard.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our grati
tude to the volunteer firemen, and
to all those people in town and on
the base who assisted us during
our time of need when our home
burned.
(s) Buster and Lillian Richardson
Six Year Old Girl
In Fatal Accident
Barbara Dale Johnston, age six,
formerly of Kodiak, was killed
last month when the car in which
she was traveling with her mother
and members of the family, went
out of control, and struck two
large posts, one-half mile north of
Lisbon in Kendal County, Illinois
The little girl was traveling with
her mother, Joyce, and sister Jo
anne, 8, when the accident occur
red. The Johnston family was trav
eling with Ralph Baxter, a resi
dentof Kokomo , Indiana. The lat
ter was driving. He is in the Navy,
and was enroute to the Pensicola
Air Station in Florida.
The two children were thrown
out of the car1 kftdr1 the impact
Joanne was taken to the hospital
where she was treated for cuts
and bruises.
The Johnstons lived in the Aleu
V
tian Homes project at 1421 Mill
Bay Road until last month. John
ston was a serviceman attached
to the Naval Station here. He is
at present at the San Diego Naval
Station.
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