South Pole Winter 1961
 Above is a photo of a composite that graced the wall of the rec room during the 1961 winter. On the left Navy side...top: Doc PK Swartz 1st row: Joe Cornely, Charlie Wegner, Ski Palaszewski 2nd row: Jim Brown, Joe Boll, Jose Gomez 3rd row: JBB "Beater" Jones, Chas Walker, Jim "Pete" Peterson. The USARP side: top: Ben Harlin 1st row: Wes Morris, "Mac" McKenney, Jack Steagall 2nd row: Ray Whitney, Jim Burnham, Jack Lamping 3rd row: Dave Sylwester, Hank Eckins, Ron Witalis. The Biblical quotation in the plaque below the map: "This is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith," is from 1 John 5:4. Below, 2 separate group photos: 
Above...the Navy contingent. From left, the back row: LT PK Swartz, MC, UT1 John L. Wellings, CE1 James W. Brown, BU1 Lawrence W. Glover, CS1 Charles N. Wegner, RMC Joseph R. Cornely. Front row: RM2 James B. B. Jones, CMH2 Jose M. Gomez, EON3 James C. Peterson, ET2 Robert J. Bell.  The science group: From left, David Sylwester, Mac McKenney, Jack Lamping, Jim Burnham standing; Ben Harlin, Hank Eckins, Ray Whitney, Ron Witalis, Jack Steagall kneeling. Absent was Wes Morris. Here is the entire list... NAVY: LT Phil K. Swartz, Jr. MC, OIC/medical officer Robert J. (Joe) Boll, ET2, electronics James W. Brown, CE1, electrician Joseph (Joe) R. Cornely, RMC, radioman Jose M. Gomez, CMH2, mechanic James B. B. Jones, RM1, radioman Edward S. Palaszewski, BU1, builder James C. (Pete) Peterson, EON3, equipment operator Carson B. Walker, UTA3, utilities man Charles (Charlie) N. Wegner, CS1, cook USARP: James (Jim) B. Burnham, ionosphere, National Bureau of Standards Hank J. Eckins, meteorology, US Weather Bureau Ben W. Harlin, meteorology, U. S. Weather Bureau/science leader John T. (Jack) Lamping, geomag/seismology, US Coast and Geodetic Survey Clarence D. (Mac) McKenney, meteorology, US Weather Bureau Wesley R. Morris, meteorology, US Weather Bureau Jack T. Steagall, meteorology, US Weather Bureau David W. Sylwester, Aurora, Arctic Institute of North America Raymond L. Whitney, meteorology, US Weather Bureau Ronald (Ron) E. Witalis, meteorology, US Weather Bureau The wall composite and USARP group photos came from Jack Lamping...the Navy group photo (obviously taken at the same time) was in the Operation Deep Freeze 61 cruisebook. I also had help from Phil (PK) Swartz, Billy-Ace Baker, the Antarctic Status Report No. 25, December 1960 (NSF), and the Bulletin of the U. S. Antarctic Projects Officer, Vol. II, No. 8; April 1961, p. 14, and I verified a couple of name spelling discrepancies with the Antarctic gazetteer. Original unedited photos (well, in case you want to try and figure out what they were reading): the wall composite the Navy group photo the USARP group photo |
