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Kodiak Mirror
Kodiak, Alaska
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The U.S. Coast Guard vessel Bittersweet arrived in an unnamed port recently and will stay until Thanksgiving before heading west. Lt.(jg) Stanley Putzke is acting skipper during Lt. Com. D.M. Morrell's leave. The crew first reported Russians holding Little Diomede Eskimos on Big Diomede. During summer in Bering Sea, they maintained aids, provided medical care to island natives, rescued two boats from ice, and returned stranded Diomede Eskimos from Nome.
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The Coast Guard vessel Bittersweet arrived in port recently and will remain here until Thanksgiving before proceeding to the westward.
Lt.(jg) Stanley Putzke is skipper during the leave of Lt. Com. D.M. Morrell.
Officers of the boat said they were the first to learn that Eskimos of Little Diomede were held recently by the Russians on Big Diomede and that it was their report that broke the affair open.
During the summer, the Bittersweet was in the Bering Sea area, tending navigational aids and giving medical care to natives of the islands. The vessel also pulled two boats from the ice in the early fall and took Diomede Eskimos stranded in Nome back to their island.
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reported eskimos held by russians; tended navigational aids; provided medical care; rescued two boats from ice; returned stranded diomede eskimos to their island
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Coast Guard vessel Bittersweet arrived in port recently, to remain until Thanksgiving before proceeding westward. Lt.(jg) Stanley Putzke serving as skipper during Lt. Com. D.M. Morrell's leave. Officers first learned and reported that Eskimos from Little Diomede were held by Russians on Big Diomede. During summer in Bering Sea area, vessel tended navigational aids, gave medical care to island natives, pulled two boats from ice in early fall, and took stranded Diomede Eskimos from Nome back to their island.