Photos by Aras Mardosa : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

That's Red!

Get rid of that!

Aras, I have really enjoyed your collection of pictures from Canton. This one in particular because thats me standing next to Jim Banks, looks like I'm buying a pair of tennis shoes. The store really did come in handy. I was there from 1971-1973 with Kentron. Again, thanks for taking the time to post all of these excellent photos.....Leo Johnson

I recall this was a common scene in the Phoenix Group. On Hull there were about six lined up along the same stretch of reef. My understanding was that since we were the most isolated islands in the world, the fishing companies would intentionally ground their older boats there to write them off for insurance, mostly LLoyds of London. The Helicopters would fly to the islands to pick up the crews and bring them back to Canton so they could catch a plane home.

I'm enjoying looking through these photo's and learning little things like how people lived and dealt with life on these little island's in the middle of the ocean where I never expected to see them. It never ceases to amaze me how tiny we actually are and how big this planet is in relation to us and land in places you don't think about. Never learned about these places in school.

Awesome photo's and thanks for giving the history of this island. Always interested in things like this. It's my only way of being able to travel the world, to see new things and to learn new things about it.

this is a single clam, probub not big but a great picture.

Most personelon the island '72 thru '75 were there to keep house: electric, water, construction. The island lagoon was a to be the target for dummy missile warheads, ultamately to be launched from silos in Montana as OR(opperational readiness) tests.

When I boarded the island in '72 there were no women there, but I assured Tmax and others that they would be comming soon with the political wind changes behind but, not influenced by me; I was merely a radar technician and a "red dog saloon" wind bag.

Predictably the women started arriving on rock barely afloat allready, government went to another less scary OR missile test plan.

The islands in phoenix group are not habatat for people because of great changes in climate as well as in politics.

I knew Terry. I was there is 73/74 but I don't recognize the others. Terry could control his dreams somehow. What a place Canton was, I still keep an aerial photo on the wall of my office. Robert

Looks like Mike to me.