Showing posts with label Seward Alaska. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seward Alaska. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Sunday, November 4, 1941. Expanding operations.

Catalina's from Patrol Squadron 14 in November 1941.

U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron 14 arrived in Oahu.

The United States Army occupied Dutch Guiana (Surinam), which is now Suriname.

Today the country is a South American republic we frankly hardly ever think of, which all in all may generally be a good thing.  At this point in history, however, it was a Dutch colony, which it had been since the 1600s.  During the war, the Dutch government reconsidered its status, and it obtained a type of dominion status in 1954, and full independence in 1975.

The US had been concerned about its bauxite deposits prior to this date, not wanting them to fall to the Axis, although exporting bauxite from northern South America to Germany would have been impossible. The occupation did secure them for the Allies, however.

This time is noted here:

Today in World War II History—November 23, 1941

Also noted there, trucks were now crossing Lake Lagoda, having followed a  horse-drawn mission of the day prior.

The British were thrown back at Sidi Rezegh in the desert.

A bomb went off outside the U.S. Consulate in occupied Saigon, although there were no injuries. Shades of things to come.

A large fire damaged parts of Seward Alaska.

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Sunday Morning Scene: Churches of the West: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Seward Alaska.

Churches of the West: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Seward Alaska.:

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Seward Alaska.


This is St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Seward Alaska.  It was built in 1906.  The architectural style is apparently called "Bungalow/Craftsman", the first church so identified as such here in this blog.

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Sunday Morning Scene: Churches of the West: Seward Memorial Methodist Church (and Resurrection Lutheran Church), Seward Alaska.

Churches of the West: Seward Memorial Methodist Church (and Resurrection...:

Seward Memorial Methodist Church (and Resurrection Lutheran church), Seward Alaska


This is a Methodist Church in Seward Alaska.  Other than that, I can't relate anything else about it including age, etc.  Resurrection Lutheran Church, which I didn't otherwise photograph, is visible immediately behind it.

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Sunday Morning Scene: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Seward Alaska.

Churches of the West: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Seward Alaska.:

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Seward Alaska.


This is St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Seward Alaska.  It was built in 1906.  The architectural style is apparently called "Bungalow/Craftsman", the first church so identified as such here in this blog.

Sunday, December 30, 2018