[Milsurplus] [Army-Radios] Journey to Kiska

[Hubert Miller]

Bully for you, Dave. That's the spirit ! Having the provenance is +++++.
If you've not already, I'd attach a string tag to it with a note about its provenance. 

I have a Japanese 94-5 set in trunk, with set of crystals, in "unissued" condx, which I am told came from the Aleutians.
I was told it was displayed at Alaska hamfests for years, with a tag that read "FOUND IN CAVE AT COLD BAY".
Only problem with this is, Japanese were never at Cold Bay.
BUT, after the battle, and evacuation of Kiska, Japanese equipment was stored, then buried, around 1948, as a means
of disposal. No souvenirs allowed ! BUT, I read of another fellow who had binocs saved from this stash, so maybe there
was, thank God, some "shrinkage". Why it didn't go instead back to D.C. or Virginia for study, I don't know; maybe they
had enough of this model already?
-Hue

>Subject: Re: [Army-Radios] Journey to Kiska

Thank you for this link.  Cool stuff.
My beloved J-36 ser #12 was recovered from the remains of a radio building on Amchitka Island in the early 1970s by a ham named "Hilton Fox," who was there on Air Force TDY.
I don't remember his call.  It was pretty rough, but over the years I've refurbished it and used it a lot.  If I had to sell or give-away everything radio I have, that J-36 would be the last thing.
73 DE Dave AB5S