Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:36:51 -0400 (EDT) 
From: RB4RRK at aol.com 

Joe:
There is a great photo that has seen it's best days in the link of 
aerial photos of several Alaska airports. It is numbered Sand Point 
3. jpg. This photo must have been made shortly after we left Sand 
Point in June or July of 1943, to return to Kodiak. We had 
constructed a pier which extended into the bay directly in front of 
the long two story building. Scattered lumber is noted in the 
foreground. We stored the lumber that area while the pier was under 
construction.

The long two story building was our barracks. If you have every 
noticed a two story hotel in cowboy movies such as Gunsmoke you 
have seen our barracks. Individual rooms on either side of the 
corridor. We were 5 to a room.

There is a winding road proceeding uphill just to the left of the 
barracks. There is a building above the first reverse turn. This 
was our mess hall. As you proceed further along the road remnants 
of Qounset huts are noted. The buildings between the barracks and 
the pier were used by the people maintaing our rolling equiptment

The damaged area of the photo would reveal the pier and the base 
area for the Kingfisher group.
 
Reuben Burton
43rd CB