Elmer Lamplugh

Radioman 1st Class, USN

East Base

Biography:

 

Elmer Lamplugh joined the US Navy at age seventeen.  He was in charge of radio operations at East Base.

 

Lamplugh, born in 1907, died on September 23, 1949, when he was run over by a US Air Force truck at Kimpo Airport, Korea.  On September 27, 1951, Lamplugh’s widow, Ann, was awarded $10,000. by an act of Congress.

 

Antarctic Service Medal Gold

 

Job Description: Senior Radioman

 

Geographic feature: Lamplugh Inlet

 

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QSL Card for the Radio Station