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Newsletter George I Williams Island Newsletter


Killed In Action        December 30, 1946        Killed In Action

WILLIAMS ISLAND



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 	Williams Island
	Archipelago, Island, Reef, Skerry, Stack
 	Latitude:  	 71° 54' 00.0" S  	 (-71.9°)
	Longitude: 	101° 26' 00.0" W 	(-101.4333333°)
	Altitude: 		
	Confidence in position: 	

 	Ice-covered island about 1 mi long, lying midway between Cape Petersen and 
	Dyer Point and about 2 mi off the N coast of Thurston Island. Delineated from 
	air photos taken by USN Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. 
	
	Named by US-ACAN for Frederick W. Williams, aviation machinist's mate with USN 
	Operation Highjump, who lost his life in a seaplane crash at Thurston Island 
	on Dec. 30, 1946.


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