Larry Brooks (CO) 1966/67 Photos
Arrival on USN C-130
NW corner of island with Admin building
Note radial scars from ground field installation
Admin building, Galley, Mess Hall, Chief's Qtrs, CO Office, CO/XO Qtrs
Second Floor - Crew's Qtrs
Generator Room, radio room and shops
Left Generator Room - Radio Room
Center - Admin Building
Right - Fuel Tanks
Ballon shelter and Japanese bunker
U.S. Weather Service Ballon Shelter (1963-68)
U.S. Weather Service crew
Morning Colors
Crew muster for Change of Command
Change of Command
Sir, I relieve you
CO, LT Larry Brooks in his office
CO's Pachinko machine
CO Quarters
Base of 1350 ft tower
Tower maintenance crew inspecting tower insulators and guys
Note: Man in center of image standing on the guy
Tower maintenance crew inspecting tower
Generator room with waste heat sea water desalinization
Radio Room
AN/FPN-46 Timer Set
Typhoon KATHY OCT 1966
All hands clean up of Typhoon KATHY debris on runway
in order for aircraft to land
Two USAF C-130 aircraft with repair parts
Chickens for fresh eggs and ducks blown in on the typhoon
Large offshore mooring bouy torn from anchor and washed ashore over
the concrete wall in the background
No power after typhoon so emergency hookup to radios from
gasoline powered welding generator
No power to the galley - breakfast on the grill
USCGC KUKUI on annual re-supply
USN tanker delivering annual fuel supply
Max Conrad* and David Shefler in Piper Comanche making an
emergency landing while on a world flight to promote Montreals EXPO
1967. The station crew assited in the repair of the aircraft.
Bill's Note: Max Conrad was a aviation pioneer who flew over both North and South poles among many other feats. At the time of landing on Marcus he had logged more than 45,000 miles. It was noticed that one of the engines was leaking oil. There was a Mayday call to the U.S.C.G. which dispatched a C-130 to excort the Piper aircraft to Marcus. It was determined that the plane could fly to Honolulu after minor repairs at Marcus and off they went.
Japanese Cemetery c./1890's
WWII Japanese Cemetery
NE corner of island with Japanese bunker
West side of the island with Japanese harbor
WWII Japanese Harbor
WWII Japanese Storage Bunker
WWII Japanese tank in underground bunker
WWII Japanese tunnel system
Bill's note: From mid 1944 to end of the war the Allied Air and Naval forces bombed Marcus for traning missions and to keep the Japanese guessing which direction the invision would take place.. The Japanese troop strength was approximately 4500 and approximately 4500 Japanese soldiers surrendered.
Leadership meeting every day after lunch during three mile
around around the preimeter of the island
It got hot during those meetings
so we had to cool off
Quiet sunset after the storm
Swimming pool for recreation because the island does not
have a protected lagoon
Station mascot delivered by USCGC KUKUI
Rats brought to the island by the Japanese prior to WWII
as a secondary food supply
Masked Booby
Sooty tern breeding area
Sooty tern and egg
Achilles Tang
Anglefish
Reef Shark
Sea star and shimp
Chief Engineman and his shark
Giant clams and parrot fish
Examples of coral that we should not have taken
Moorish Idol
The USAF C-130 to take me home
Thanks Larry!