Cut Throat Island, Labrador
Photographs


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  1. Christmas dinner with "decorations" and wine bottles on the tables - December 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  2. Willie Ward and Mike Hanrahan (Radar Operators) - December 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  3. Ted Gear (native hired for KP), Joe Gagliardi and Charlie Mashburn (Radar Operator) - 19 November 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  4. Boxes of food stacked in the hall of the main building. This was the last shipment of annual requirements - 19 November 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  5. Four of the five diesels in the power plant - 19 November 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  6. Communications desk in the renovated operations center - November 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  7. Radar scope and the vertical plotting board in the renovated operations center - November 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  8. Home made "vertical plotting board" in the renovated operations room - November 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  9. Joe Gagliardi in the location where the renovated operations center was constructed - November 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  10. Troposcatter team. Rear row (L-R) Tork, Jim Burns, Andy. Front row (L-R) Bob Potty, Wally Hubler - September 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  11. Ted Gear and lead dog "Oliver" - September 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  12. Dick Tull of Colonial Sharp Company. Installed a water well - September 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  13. Canadian Marconi Company Radar Tech Marcel Perreault with one of Ted Gear's dogs - September 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  14. Joe Gagliardi at old operations console. The renovated operations center was constructed in November - August 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  15. Radar maintenance work bench designed and constructed by Joe Gagliardi - August 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  16. Remote wind direction indicator desgned and constructed by Joe Gagliardi. This unit was wired to a light unit inside the operations center - August 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  17. Ray Hunt (left) and Joe Gagliardi inspect the rocky terrain - July 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  18. Joe Gagliardi beside a 3/4 ton truck - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  19. Dehumidifier units used to keep moisture out of the radome - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  20. Joe Gagliardi with FPS-14 radar and test equipment - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  21. Joe Gagliardi on ladder leading to the catwalk on the search tower - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  22. Troposcatter antenna - May 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  23. Special Orders #38. Para 1 Assignment to Cut Throat Island for S/Sgt David Robinson - 17 April 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.

  24. Aerial photo of Cut Throat Island (2 x 4 miles) - 6 April 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  25. Operations site with Troposcatter antennas, Disaster Shack and the Main building with radome visible in background - 6 April 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  26. Troposcatter antenna, radome, and main building - 6 April 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  27. Close up photo of radome and the main building - 6 April 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  28. Detachment sign for Cut Throat - 6 April 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  29. "Welcome to N27A Detachment 1" sign - 6 April 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  30. Special Orders #33. Para 1 Assignment to Cut Throat Island for A/2C John Seals and A/2C Joe Gagliardi. Para 2 Assignment from Cut Throat Island for A/1C Earl Brooks - 3 April 1958.
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  31. Graduation photo of Joe Gagliardi (front row - 2nd from left) - April 1958.
    Courtesy Duane (Dewey) Larson.

  32. USAF personnel at Cut Throat Island - March 1958
    Front row (L-R) Miller (Motor Pool); Charles Mashburn (Radar Operator); Rex Cates (Radar Operator); Pursifull (Radar Maintenance). Center row (L-R) Thompson (Radar Operator); Kalous (AACS); Lewis Craig (Medic); Richard Pope (Radar Maintenance); Mack (Cook). Rear row (L-R) Captain Ken Jones (Detachment Commander); Earl Brooks (Radar Maintenance); D Coder (Radar Maintenance); Norris Peterson (Radar Operator); Fair (AACS).
    Courtesy Joe Gagliardi.

  33. Special Orders #B-97. Assignment from McGuire AFB to 922nd AC&W Squadron at Cartwright, Labrador for furtherance to Detachment #1 at Cut Throat Island for Joe Gagliardi - 11 February 1958.
    Courtesy Ken Jones.


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