Garfield County News | 1947-01-02 | Page 8 | G. I. S. Marooned in Greenland Found Natives Icy, Too

G Gills Its Marooned in Greenland Found Natives Icy Too Life Lie was a little litie lit lit- American soldiers sol sol- soldiers for tor 11 tIe tle t ie monotonous diers marooned at an army air forces weather station at Scoresbysund Scoresbysund Scoresby- Scoresby tiny settlement In Greenland Greenland Green Green- sund sand a l land and some miles above the Arctic Arctic Arc Arc- soldier Circle Philadelphia t tic ic a admitted when he returned home The Philadelphian who spent Is Walrus Bay nearly a year on Staff Walter R R. West 22 He has a brother Staff Wilbert West 27 who served with l the marines on Guadalcanal The Arctic village where the younger West spent his time has Its Us points but would not appeal to most people as a permanent home he be said on his arrival here He and other men in the group were flown to New York on a C 54 transport The colony manager forbade themen themen the uie men to enter any of the houses in inthe inthe inthe the town he said That meant mean we could not visit a home unless we were invited We were Invited though and we had some of the villagers over to our house I i It was a late thaw that kept the I little Greenland array army men in the thc town until July of ot this year They went In last August 5 to make weather observations their boat leithem left lei them on August 13 and the lc Ice started to crowd the shore in October October Oc Oc- tober earlier than it had moved I in n 25 years