Celebrations Planned for 70 Years of History at Coast Guard Base

Maggie Wall/KMXT

Everyone loves a good story. And good stories are what an organization celebrating the Kodiak base history is hoping to attract.KMXT’s Maggie Wall hosted Tuesday’s Talk of the Rock program and has this report on plans to celebrate the 70^th Anniversary of the Kodiak Naval Base.

Everyone loves a good story. And good stories are what an organization celebrating the Kodiak base history is hoping to attract.

KMXT’s Maggie Wall hosted Tuesday’s Talk of the Rock program and has this report on plans to celebrate the 70^th Anniversary of the Kodiak Naval Base:

-((Base 70         4:38    “This year…KMXT.org.SOC.”))

 

This year marks the 100 Anniversary of Naval Aviation in the United States. It also marks the 70^th anniversary of the commissioning of the Naval Air Station in Kodiak.

The Coast Guard base will host a community event to mark the day of commissioning-June 15, 1941 and is looking for people to tell their stories about the base..

Sandra West is on the committee organizing the 70^th year event:

((Sandra June15th

Cowboy Cobis came to Kodiak in the 70s. Through the years he’s worked in just about every shop on the base. He recalls that before all the environmental clean-ups and new buildings, there was a lot of great finds for those who cared to scrounge around the derelict buildings left by the navy. He spoke with local military historian Dave Ostlund.

((Cowboy on scrounging and coal

West says people should invite old base friends to the June celebration.

((Sandra on inviting people

Dave Ostlund confirmed the old rumor that there indeed was a submarine base located at the bottom of Marine Hill in Woman’s Bay. You can hear his submarine stories and the complete interview from Tuesday’s Talk of the Rock program by going KMXT dot org.

I’m Maggie Wall.