Moonshiner (Liberating Alaska)

A New York-born moonshiner residing in Siknazuak, Alaska was one of several people to survive the short but brutal occupation of the town by pro-Soviet agitators in June, 1929. He admitted he'd lived because he made moonshine for the occupiers. He approached Sgt. Eddie Houlihan and Corporal George Veliotis after the United States Marines liberated the town. He offered to tell Houlihan and Veliotis where the graves of the Bolsheviks' victims were located. They brought him to a Captain Green. The whole group followed the moonshiner to a series of graves that looked more like trenches. The moonshiner explained that past the four-foot depth, the ground was frozen solid.

Upon seeing the graves, Green announced that they needed to find photographer so all the world would know what the Soviets were. He also stated that the marines would be there to protect the town from remaining Reds in the hills. Green and the moonshiner left.