Hoeman, Vincent D. 1964 everything from only six dead and no servicemen to "hundreds dead with 80 per cent of Anchorage leveled; Seward in flames; Kodiak and Valdez washed practically off the map." How they mispronounced Valdez, Janeau, Whitehouse, Kenai etc. and how little they know of Alaska. All pwere and communication out save for some ham operators, temp down to 7 degrees F, gaping holes in downtown streets, houses tumbled into ice-choked turhagain, 1,000,000 gal. of jet fuel spilled on Int. Airport runway; railroad yards aflame, new cannery at Kodiak gone. At 0110 they let us go home after tidal waves only reached 6 to 7 foot maximums even on north shores though some of the recessions were spectacular. Telegraph no open. Sleep does not come easy. I think of hundreds killed in area where I have hundreds of friends. March 28--This morning we visit our ship (my first), meet naval Lt. Hawkins, talk, try to get into our storage area. Later I go to Red Cross in early afternoon, place telegram to go by ham from Seattle to Anchorage (ells) and tell the girl I'm Red Cross instructor who'd like to render aid. She ask s am I serous. I assure her I am and she takes me upstairs to introduce me to chief, who seems less impressed but takes my name and says they'll call me if they send anyone. Tell Pat when I get back, waking him to do. "Do you think it's that serous"? he says. I tell him I think the lives of my friends are of importance. He later agrees and would've let me go on my own. I'd thought of doing so, of course, but told myself that would be irresponsible. After all I'm unauthorized and probably not needed. Civil defense and