The title of this post is somewhat incorrect. It is presently about an event or an experience that happened in “my” life in America. Please use this link “The Cuckolds Lightstation“, to find the information about my life on the Cuckolds Lightstaton. The Cuckolds Lightstation is the original part of the site. It was my [...]
Problems vary with different stations. Anything I mention on this site pertains only to my experiences on the Cuckolds Light Station, not other stations or lighthouses. Overall, my experiences were wonderful with nearly all personnel I dealt with in the Coast Guard. This particular chief, just did all he could to promote fear and discontent [...]
I am putting this here because of the time involved between now and when I was there. I can’t seem to get the proper chronological order. Sometime during my time on the Cuckold’s a letter was sent to Margaret Chase Smith about some of the conditions on the island. The only reason I mention this [...]
The District Office ultimately controlled personnel for the lighthouses and other Small Coast Guard Units, which for the 1st Coast Guard district was in Boston, MA. The second link was in South Portland, ME which controlled the smaller stations from somewhere around Wells, ME to about the Boothbay Harbor area. All stations were rated by [...]
Continue reading about Stress and other negative aspects of life on the island
My wife and I had been there a while and our son was something over a year old. Naturally as he was the only one and we were young we worried considerably about him and something happening. It must be remembered that during the winter and even in the summer we often couldn’t get off [...]
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