Alphonso Grasso 1946 photo collection
The Station
The Loran Hut
Loran hut with Wincharger radiator to the left
The wincharger radiator
the standard practice was to have an emergency "T" which I believe are the two poles - Bill
Walking from the Loran hut
Antenna maintenance
notice the walkie talkie
Loading fuel drum on to the truck
Our buggy
The galley
How far
The crew
Alphonso himself
at work
Alphonso was a S1c(L) who was the station cook also
He was se4nt to cook training in Honolulu endorsed by his CO Mr. Lutz
Two friends
Activities
Alphonso himself
catch of the day
Swim call
Around the island
The Sampan that would bring supplies from Kauai
Pier Mary
Nauatie's loading cattle on to steam ship to transport to Kauai.
You can get an idea what our beaches look like by looking at this one
Army airfield
Going on mountain climbing a Sunday afternoon pastime.
Alphonso is the one with the knife
Lehua Rock off of Niihau
Looking at the mountains from the ground
Looking down from the mountain
Top of the mountain
Looking down from one of the mountains on Niihau
A native child
Native childern
Wild horse
Wild horses
The above pictures were donated by his son Bob
Thanks Bob!
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