South Pole Winter 1961
The above clip is from an Operation Deep
Freeze winterover plaque which features
the names of all the Navy winterovers at
the 4 US Antarctic stations--McMurdo,
Byrd, Hallett, and Pole. Here is the entire list...
NAVY:
LT Phil K. Swartz, Jr. MC, OIC/medical officer
Robert J. (Joe) Boll, ET2, electronics
James W. Brown, CE1, electrician
Joseph (Joe) R. Cornely, RMC, radioman
Jose M. Gomez, CMH2, mechanic
James B. B. Jones, RM1, radioman
Edward S. Palaszewski, BU1, builder
James C. Peterson, EON3, equipment operator
Carson B. Walker, UTA3, utilities man
Charles (Charlie) N. Wegner, CS1, cook
USARP:
James (Jim) B. Burnham, ionosphere
Hank J. Eckins, US Weather Bureau
Ben W. Harlin, U. S. Weather Bureau/science leader
John T. Lamping, geomag/seismo
Clarence D. McKenney, US Weather Bureau
Wesley R. Morris, US Weather Bureau
Jack T. Steagall, US Weather Bureau
David W. Sylwester, Aurora
Raymond L. Whitney, US Weather Bureau
Ronald (Ron) E. Witalis, US Weather Bureau
with help from Phil (PK) Swartz, Billy-Ace Baker, and the Bulletin of
the U. S. Antarctic Projects Officer, Vol. II, No. 8; April 1961, p. 14.
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