ATTU ISLAND, Alaska - Don Funk, a Lansing, Mich., resident and former Coast Guard Loran A technician, stands on the steps of the current Loran station in Attu with Massacre Bay stretching out behind him Aug. 27, 2010, but Funk served over a year at the original Loran A station located at Theodore Point during World War II when he was only 18-years-old. Loran Station Attu was the first of many stations for Funk who returned to the Loran station for the formal decommissioning ceremony. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.
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