UNALGA! The Long Blue Line: How 80 Coast Guardsmen saved an Alaskan town during the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1919

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UNALGA! The Long Blue Line: How 80 Coast Guardsmen saved an Alaskan town during the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1919

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The Long Blue Line: How 80 Coast Guardsmen saved an Alaskan town during the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1919
The above link no longer works, but I found:
How 80 Coast Guardsmen Saved an Alaskan Town During Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1919
I believe that this story was written by a different person, and it seems longer, but the photos credited to NOAA were provided, via Matteo and Kevin, by the granddaughter!

Matteo's detailed account: Unalga Flu Epidemic 1919

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What brilliant ship. Three cheers for the Unalga. I noticed a little piece of typing...'Bear should be in today'. :D
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AvastMH wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:22 pm I noticed a little piece of typing...'Bear should be in today'. :D
Where?
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Both the Long Blue line and Matteo’s transcriptions are very worthwhile reading.
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Randi wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:43 am
AvastMH wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:22 pm I noticed a little piece of typing...'Bear should be in today'. :D
Where?
Sorry - should have noted where I saw it ;). It's the 10th picture of the video of pictures:

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Has this date (2nd June 1919) appeared in the stream of transcriptions of Bear's logbooks at all please? I couldn't track it just now. Thanks.:)
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Bear does seem to have been hurrying, lots of "full speed" in the logs, but they don't arrive until the 3'rd:
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 0_0931.JPG

Then they pitch in:
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 0_0933.JPG
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 0_0935.JPG
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The Good Ol' Bear! :D
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