Comments for Wind Blown and Dripping http://windblownanddripping.com Dashiell Hammett in the Aleutians in WWII Sat, 28 May 2011 00:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on About by Scott Pawlowski http://windblownanddripping.com/about/#comment-2196 Sat, 28 May 2011 00:22:48 +0000 #comment-2196 Mr. Porco-

I’d like to talk with you about the Adakian and your research on it. I’d like to make contact with the private collector you mention holding a nearly complete set. Email is the best way to get in touch with me. Thank you.

Scott Pawlowski, Chief of Cultural and Natural Resources
World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument

]]> Comment on The Cartoons by Edward A Stanz http://windblownanddripping.com/the-cartoons-2/#comment-2174 Thu, 26 May 2011 13:52:58 +0000 http://windblownanddripping.com/?page_id=158#comment-2174 My Father was on Adak during this period. He has this book along with tons of pictures. I remember seeing them as a boy. Mysteriously, they all disappeared.
My research now begins.

]]> Comment on The ADAKIAN by Pete Kaufman http://windblownanddripping.com/the-adakian/#comment-1038 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:59:14 +0000 http://windblownanddripping.com/?page_id=31#comment-1038 I really enjoyed this. I’ve read 1000 Mile War and have seen the Huston video.
I’m always looking for stories about the Aleutians.

Thanks again.

Cordially,

Pete Kaufman

]]> Comment on The ADAKIAN by Verne Lucero http://windblownanddripping.com/the-adakian/#comment-997 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:10:08 +0000 http://windblownanddripping.com/?page_id=31#comment-997 Don’t feel qualified to post, just a little before my era on Adak.Still would be interested in receiving follow-up. I get a kick out of the above: John Houston”happycamp”. I call it “summer camp”.

]]> Comment on The ADAKIAN by Vickie Faught http://windblownanddripping.com/the-adakian/#comment-994 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:32:19 +0000 http://windblownanddripping.com/?page_id=31#comment-994 It totally amazes me, that small island could leave such an enduring and lasting positive affect. My experience on Adak taught me alot about myself, otherwise I probably would not have had the chance, too. Most people know exactly what I am talking about. Would I go back if given the opportunity, hell yeah!

]]> Comment on The ADAKIAN by windblownanddripping http://windblownanddripping.com/the-adakian/#comment-8 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:53:21 +0000 http://windblownanddripping.com/?page_id=31#comment-8 Your topic is a good one, but I’m not sure what suggestions I can offer beyond what you must already know. For example, you probably have seen John Huston’s “Report from the Aleutians,” a 45-min. documentary made on Adak in 1943, prior to the Japanese evacuation of Kiska. It’s well-made (it’s John Huston, after all) and exceptional propaganda, which makes the Aleutians seem like happy camp. It seems as if Huston never saw a cloudy day there. Hammett’s Adakian strongly supported the war, as you would expect, but I doubt it had a great influence other than to boost the soldiers’ morale. … Give me a better idea of what you’re looking for and maybe I can come up with some other suggestions. … I tried to send you a back-channel e-mail message, but your address doesn’t seem to work; I got the bounce-back message “User unknown.”

]]> Comment on The ADAKIAN by Leighton Quarles http://windblownanddripping.com/the-adakian/#comment-5 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:27:08 +0000 http://windblownanddripping.com/?page_id=31#comment-5 This is excellent! I’d love to see your play but am stuck in Fairbanks. I’m a grad student at UAF, and am doing a master’s thesis involving Dashiell Hammett among others, discussing journalism, novels and propaganda in World War II. Any suggestions etc. you might have would be wonderful. So glad to see Hammett’s Alaskan period suitably dramatized!

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