OPINION
Tales of the Chief...#1.02
Published on August 23, 2009 By Big Fat Daddy In Misc

On the 17th of February, 2007, I posted an article about my dad, the Chief. It was a story called, "It Rained Beans". One of the comments was from Dynamaso asking if I knew where the Chief had been in Antarctica. I couldn't find the citation for his "Wintering Over" medal so I never answered. Well...this last week we have been going through some old boxes and I found a few photos that included a group shot of the whole detachment as they prepared to go to Antarctica. The photo was labeled "Task Force 68 C. B. Detachment - Antarctica Operation High Jump, 2 December 1946. I thought I had struck gold and would at long last be able to answer Dynamaso's question. But I made the mistake of "Googling" Task Force 68 and discovered that it was an expedition that only lasted from December 1946 to March 1947...which is SUMMER in the Southern Hemisphere! So that wasn't it. I know the Chief was awarded a medal of some sort for spending the Winter down there and I remember vividly the stories he told about living in the ice caves, so maybe it was in the early 50's that he "Wintered Over". I guess I have to keep looking.

 


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on Aug 23, 2009