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Sailor Wilkins Recounts Antarctica Deep Freeze Service
Monroe native H H Wilkins a chief electrician's mate recalls 1950s Operation Deep Freeze missions in Antarctica. He describes base setup at McMurdo Sound Little America 5 and Williams Air Force Base, rescue of a plane on ice, hazards like crevasses and penguins, 24 hour daylight and the South Pole landing on October 31 1956. He served with U S Navy ships including the Nespe len and Matabesset and met fellow sailor William C Elmore.
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Navy
H. H
Jimmy) Wilkins
C. H. Wilkins
N. 6Th
Monroe
South Pole
Wilkins
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean Sea
U. S. S. Nespelen
Antarctic
United States
Nespelen
McMurdo Sound
Antarctica
Little America No. 5
Ross Island
Ross Ice Shelf
Little America
Byrd
Pole
George Dufex
William C Elmore
Bawcomville
Seabees
R. F. Scott