Commenter Mannix had the correct answer. USCG Loran station Spruce Cape, Kodiak Alaska.
You’ve probably notice all the Alaska shows that have been on cable recently, Alaskan State troopers, Buying Alaska, Railroad Alaska, etc… It seems that after Sarah Palin made a big splash on the national scene people took more notice of our 49th state. It really is America’s last frontier. And I got to live there at government expense for an entire year.
We’re fortunate that Sec of State Seward was able to close the deal with the Tsar of Russia to sell it to us. And Russia shank from 12 time zones to only 11. It also spared us from having those Commie bastards then or Putin now on practically our very doorstep.
Nixon had yet to be impeached, Vietnam was winding down. The Mini-skirt was still in vogue. Great bands like ELP and Led Zepp. were in their prime. For the year I was there it was the Coast Guards Version of McHale’s Navy.
More to come.