| THULE CABLE SPLICERS |
| Thule Mountain |
| On October 10, 1952, orders were cut for Drumheller, Pickens, Burke and Scharnweber to report to Thule AFB, Greenland to splice telephone cable. We were flown to Goose Bay, Labrador where we laid over waiting for a flight to Thule. While there Drumheller ran into a friend of his who happened to be the base photographer for Goose Bay and he took our photograph. From left - James Pickens, Curtiss Drumheller, Scharnweber and James Burke. I don't recall the photographer's name. |
| The only photo I have of our work at Thule AFB. At this time of the year it is dark 24 hours. Pickens and I are loaded up and headed for South Mt. to work on the telephone cable that ran along the road from Thule AFB to South Mt. We have been issued special white boots for the cold. Drumheller and Burke were working on the telephone cable that went up to North Mt. I remember those B-36 bombers taking off late at night with an awful noise and vibrating the barracks. They had three aircraft motors with pusher props on each wing plus a jet pod on each wing tip. |
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