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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 3548528, member: 22729&quot;]Man, Shemya is really remote, Jack. Far west on the Aleutian Islands chain and hanging out in the middle of nowhere. Believe it or not, it&#039;s called &quot;The Black Pearl of the Aleutians&quot;...no actual pearls, just black volcanic terrain.I didn&#039;t really find out much more than you did. The base was built in 1942 as you know in a move to counter the earlier invasion of the islands by the Japanese. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did come across a pamphlet put together by the Air Force...1961 or 1962...as a sort of introduction to new service men and their families assigned there.In it was a list of clubs on the base. There were two, the NCO open mess, and the Driftwood Club, apparently a bar, restaurant and all around entertainment center. No mention of Club 365, but it may have been there in earlier years. It may have been a local hangout that catered to military personnel.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a personal note. My father was a Navy Seabee (79th NCB I think) who served in Alaska during the war. He didn&#039;t speak often of his time there, but I know he was on Kodiak Island, so must have been involved in the construction of the base there. Who knows, he may have been at Shemya too.That&#039;s an interesting possibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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