Ketchikan, Alaska - A Ketchikan man, who was Alaska's first casualty in World War II, is a little closer to home after being reburied last month in a veteran's cemetery in California. Ketchikan War Hero's Remains Were Identified After Over 60 Years "Igloo" was lost in USS Oklahoma (BB 37) during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.įrom Stories in the News (Ketchikan, Alaska) on December 18, 2008: Skoal!īoat Club 4, 3, 2, 1 Basketball Squad 4 Ketch Captain 1 2 Stripes. An amiable disposition and unusual common sense should find Igloo a rich future. Academics, excluding a temporary lull over which he had no control (another drag), have been merely something between ketch trips and a game of basketball. His practical, varied sailing experience has been a ready help to those of us who are not so salty. That probably explains why he's forever bitterly disclaiming Maryland winters and seeking to rig a radiator around his bunk. Although he's forever boasting of the advantages of rugged life in the salmon country, this tall, good-looking "snake" was born in New Jersey.
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