In 1981 I was stationed there and worked for security. Only 17 years old. Youngest on the island with one of the highest security clearances. At that time, our theater was open and we had USO shows come in once in awhile. The bowling alley was open too. You could order a burger at the open grill and even visit the libray and museum. The enlisted club was cool, but the officers club had the long shuffle board table and was more fun. Officers and enlisted really didn't care which club you were in. The 9 hole gold course was also open and it had a pro shop that opened once a month or so when a guy flew in to open it. The boat house on the Northern beach had lots of boats, but no one seemed to use them much. The Northern beach was also the best and most beautiful beach. Plenty of lobster to go around. We were kind of the Forest Gump's of lobster. The ironwood tree forest on the North side were also amazing where there were a lot of old Victorian homes. Some officers quarters, some closed. The trans Pacific phone lines ran through Midway, so ITT had people there too. We even had a cruise ship come in one evening for safe harbor from a nearby storn. The passengers were allowed to go to the club and get some drinks and stretch their legs a bit a guess. The island was so isolated, that there was a sutble blue tint to everything from the color of the sky and sea. Midway was a fun time for me and a stunning island.
I joined the NAVY 3MAY71. Served one year in Beeville, Tx and three years o the USS HUNLEY in Charleston, SC. I was lucky. The NAVY was good to me and now I have Malcom Randal VA hospital keeping me healthy. I’m lucky again! Thanks NAVY .
When flying to my new duty station, Midway Is. in 1964 I was told not to look down at the island, if I did I wouldn't have anything to do for the rest of the day...
There used to be a lot more kinds of birds. I seem to recognize the one brick building it could have been the school I went to. I am sot sure it looks like there are lovely new homes and people still live there?
Hi my name is jaci. I lived on midway 1970 thru the end 1973. My dad naval officer until he retires. I attended george cannon school thru 4th grade. I have 100 or more photos of rusty bucket my dad calls rusty war wreckage of aircrafts scattered at the end of the airstrip. I wonder if the war wreckage is still there or if it has cleared away. My dad has passed away. If y ok know please correspond. Thanks
I remember attending george cannon school thru 4th grade in 1970. My dad a naval officer. Remember rusty wreckage of the aircraft planes scattered allong the shoreline at the end of the airstrip to the base. My dad calls it rusty bucket
Was stationed there, working at the transmitter site, 1966-1968. Also worked part time with another fellow in the Navy Exchange TV/Radio repair shop. If you were the person show brought in a TV to repair and was rude to us - and some days after picking up your TV finally figured out the picture was reversed left to right - I'm the guy who did it (and also put it back to normal). It was easy to do. You just swap two wires on the yoke that is on the picture tube.
Thanks for the memories, I was Midway detachment and had the radar shop graveyard shift, plus flew too Radar techs and flight engineers of Midet. were assigned to an aircraft when it flew so did we.
On the Island May 1976 to Oct 1977. Met my wife there. We were married for 40 years before she passed in Dec. 2016. The destruction shown here and other videos is and was delibertly done by USFWS. Even their precious birds have nowhere to go. These people need to be put in jail.
@@Foldisfitch J have no idea why they destroyed the Island, except stupidity and maliciousness. The USFWS do not give a damn about values or history. They think that anyone who cares is a nut. they care more for their paychecks than anything else. I challenge them to come on here and explain their actions. They are just to chicken!
I arrived to Midway in Oct 1965 with an Air Force personel to set up an "Enroute Squadron".....Aircraft going to and returning from Vietnam. Midawy was a Naval Air Station with P-3 Orien aircraft...Not sure of their mission. Was on the Island until Feb 1966. A lot of memories made in four months. This video is so sad. Leaving out the history PRIOR to 2005.
I lived on midway 1970 thru the end of 1973. My dad stationed in navy. Looking at this video. Nothing has changed. The barracks. George cannon school. Even the house I lived. L. O. L. My name is jaci
I lived on midway almost 4 yrs. My dad in navy was stationed there 1970 went to school at george cannon. The first morning there I will never forget the loud noise of the Cooney birds and fairy terms. I only wish I understand about the war that happened here
I was there 69 and 70 as a kid , it's a small world, I lived up by what we called Main Hill , I remember having fairly regular tidalwave drills , and all the cool birds , Bosans birds , or moaning birds that dug tunnels for nests , fairy turns . It was a wonderland for a kid , watched Star trek at the theater on the weekends
I am fascinated by Midway Islands history, beauty and remoteness. I can only hope someday it will be possible to visit. Thanks for sharing all these stories.
I worked there in 1981 rebuilding the pier! It ea s a great adventure! I was a foreman and the we played off the navy security guys....i can't remember his name mow, started with S... It was an absolute HOOT! when there was weed on the island, no one was in bars!
To me the island looks like an isolated paradise. I was in the Navy from 1962 to 1070 and would have loved to have served here.....I imagine it would be wonderful fishing off that pier. The climate here must be perfection..
I was a civilian (civil service) working for the Navy. I helped develop an airborne optical system looking out the window of a P-3 aircraft. My home base was NAS Pt. Mugu, in California. We would fly to NAS Barbers Point then to Midway. We staged out of Midway because it was closer to are targets of interest. Great time there, I made a 4-minute video of the island while I was there and would love to share with anyone interested.@@ronaldcole7415
I did a hitch in the US Navy ('67-'71) and would have jumped at the chance to get duty in an isolated place like Midway. I enjoyed both parts 1 and 2 and the accompanying background music.
Most of what I see on this slide show seems very different from my memories of Midway in the early sixties. I served in the Navy AEWBARRONPAC, a airborne early warning barrier squadron flying between Midway and the Aleutians. Our base was Barbers Point , Oahu but we flight crews deployed to Midway for operational flights half of each month. I flew out of Midway for 19 deployments between September, "63 and march "65. Midway was entirely a Naval Air Station at that time with only a few civilian employees. I would like to go back now and try to see how many buildings and landmarks remain that I could recognize. I wonder if the old In-flite barracks and bomb shelters still exist.
@@USATA45auto Cool, I may have met your Dad back then. We flew EC121K's It's possible that I was on the island the day your Sister was born. Small world sometimes.
FWS Nazism destroy to save. Those that were there should be vocal I admit I hated those birds now I can't help but feeling bad for them. If Not be there when you cull them when they have POX
