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D717-6
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- 1936-10-17 (Creation)
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Gus T. Hendricks, US Aviation Mechanic First Class, perched precariously on the Navy's mooring mast at Fort Lewis checking the instruments that control the lights used to warn airplane pilots. He is the sole guard at the Navy's inland post. The mooring mast was built in 1924 for the visit of the US rigid airship, the Shenandoah. Hendricks has been the lone keeper of the 165 foot post for the past three years, a job similar to that of a lighthouse keeper. He has made approximately 9,000 trips to the top to check the acetylene light and to paint. It takes 25 gallons of paint for the tower and it is repainted every 2-3 months. (T. Times 10/17/1936, pg. 7)
Mooring masts; Fort Lewis (Wash.); Airships--Associated objects; Hendricks, Gus T.;