Saturday, October 14, 2017

Operation Blue Jay


American Propaganda surrounding Thule Air Base .
The story of the [US] Corps of Engineers and how they were faced with an almost impossible task of building a huge airbase in the frozen Arctic (1951). "Operation Blue Jay" is the story of the building of one of our northernmost outposts - the huge air base at Thule, Greenland.

Clements panels, improvised-LST piers (dumb barges), permafrost,

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