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Locality:
Seattle.
Date:
Sept. 5, 1964.
Sat.
Personnel:
Palumbo, Welander,
Gessel, Donaldson.
Smooth flying~-could have had a few hours sleep but for a
couple of talkative women.
Passed over the Oregon coast just at
dawn and after a short stop at Portland left for Seattle.
Pilot
announced that Seattle was fogged in and that he would land at
Boeing Field.
to.
A cold change from the warmth we have become used
7:20 A.M. arrival,
then a wait for about an hour for our
wives to arrive from Sea-Tac and to get the baggage.
Six weeks almost to the day since the expedition got underway
and now we are back~-except for Johnston Island,
were accomplished exactly as scheduled.
all
objectives
That was possible only
with 100% effort from every member of the field party.
I owe
them my utmost thanks.
(Signed)
Sept. 5,
Lauren R.,
1964
Donaldson