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Clyde Coryell

Captain Clyde Coryell was the resident Officer in Charge of Construction 1940-1942 of Kodiak, Dutch Harbor and Sitka. His family including Pat Bugna visited the museum around July 2015 and donated this material.

This panorama was taken from near the later site of the control tower at a time before airport construction was begun.

Kodiak Alaska 1940 Comdr & Mrs Coryell left front	Left to right: Comdr C.W. Coryell Mrs Roberts Lt P.W. Roberts Lt J.A. Stelger Mrs Gayle Coryell Lt Comdr B Puper (doctor)	Kodiak Alaska 1940 Sims (sic) Drake Puget Sound contr on base Supt (left) C.L. Henry	Kodiak Alaska 1940 left to right Comdr C.W. Coryell (cec) USN Lt Comdr B. Pupek USN (doctor) Capt J.D. Blanchard USMC 1st Lt U.S. Sabol USMC Lt P.W. Roberts (cec) USN Lt J.A. Stelger USN
A Kodiak Catalina over Mt Katma [sic] (vol)	N.A.S. Kodiak Alaska Comdr McFall's Plane V.P.B. Plane enroute to Anchorage 8 Aug 1940 Comdr Coryell was aboard	Kodiak Alaska 1940	Mt Barometer Kodiak Ils Alaska
Kodiak Alaska 1940 Party for Coast Guard Gayle Coryell in plaid	Promotion to Lt jg Aug 25, 1919	NAS Kodiak Mulberry Artificial Piers Normandy	Officer of the Deck Underway Gunnery Officer USS Washington BB-56
Outstanding service at Kodiak. Commendation Ribbon	Service and personal record Retired 30 June 1951

MYSTIC AND AURORAL ORDER OF ALASKA CHEECHAKOS

This is to certify that Mr. Silver Dollar Tom having visited Alaska and fulfilled all the requirements of this order by tracking a salmon to its den, eating a totem alive, digging ice worms, dehorning a mosquito, and by salting the tail of a Kodiak bear, has been granted membership for ten years to life in the MYSTIC and AURORAL (whatever that means) ORDER OF ALASKA CHEECHAKOS and it entitled to all the benefits and detriments thereof, any tales told by the brother are to be believed without the slightest doubt and when he tells stories of malemute dogs, deaf-mute totems, fur-bearing fish, twenty-five hour days, long dark nights, perfumed eskimos, reindeers and Santa Claus, it is to be just as though Chief Muck-Tuck himself hath spoken, only NOT SO LOUD.

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