Phase Three Alert

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This book was made possible by the generous and essential cooperation of the United States Air Force. My particular appreciation is tendered to the West Coast Office of Information (SAFOI) and to the other Air Force agencies that lent their help.

I would like to offer my very special thanks, and deepest appreciation, to the many friends I was fortunate enough to make at Thule Air Base. The American military personnel and the Danish civilians who were stationed there were unstinting in their guidance, their patient digging-out of research material, and their unfailing hospitality. There, 840 miles from the North Pole and at one of the most isolated and fearsome sites anywhere on earth, they took time from their essential duties to give of their best. The High Arctic is a harsh and unforgiving environment almost impossible to imagine without experiencing it. Despite the constant rigors to which they were subjected, they did not allow even the violence of Phase Three conditions in the middle of the Arctic night to deter them.

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