The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Rastus on March 02, 2014, 06:26:52 PM
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Were any of you guys ever stationed on Midway Island or did some of you pass through?
You may be interested that www.maps.google.com (http://www.maps.google.com) evidently has driven around the island some time ago with some pretty high quality land pics. I've been perusing the pics for a while and they are very interesting. For location you just have to plug in Midway Island, Hawaii and then drag the little stick fellow where you want to browse.
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I had orders to Midway in '76 but they were changed to Iceland after a bit of legal trouble I had. I think with my fair complexion, it was probably a blessing. I doubt I could have survived another year in the hot sun after spending a year in Key West!
Three of my best buddies were both stationed there for a year. It was one of the Pacific Sosus locations that we were assigned to. Two have mentioned that it was a nightmare being there. Barry did meet his wife of the last 37 years though... Craig has nothing good to say...other than finding Jap fish balls and goony bird shit everywhere.
A lot of history there, not all of it good!