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continued to be occupied by members of the U.S.
Armed Forces and DoD civilians after the cessation
of hostilities with the axis powers in 1945. The
"cold war" was a reality. Now North
America was under the threat of attack from a former
WWII ally, Russia. The cold war had its casualties
as well, however, due to the classified nature of
many of the engagements, these were not highly
advertised to the public. The photos on these pages
are about those who worked quietly behind the scenes
while stationed on Shemya to protect the North
American continent and its people from yet another
invasion and even more casualties, and to preserve
the peace we've all longed for since WWII.
Photos on these
pages were supplied by the many visitors to this
site over the past few years. Some of these photos
were of my experience on Shemya from April 1975 -
April 1976.
These photos were
scanned at a resolution and size that would fit most
monitors. Most photos are 600 pixels wide at 96 dpi,
all are in JPG format. Image file sizes average 50kB
or less. Click
on the image thumbnails and hopefully a larger image
will be forthcoming. Click on your browsers BACK
button to return to the photo page after viewing the
linked image. You can navigate between the various
pages by clicking on the arrows at the bottom of
each page.
Rick Hughes
provided a coordinates map for us to use to identify
locations on the Island of Shemya. Access to this
map can be had by clicking on the
"compass" icon, which will bring up an
additional browser containing the map. Each photo
description contains, when provided, the coordinates
at which the photo was taken.
Smitty
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