The opening of the Guam Tracking Station in 1966.

Bendix Field Engineering employees and their wives at the Dedication Ceremony.
The couple on the left is Mr. & Mrs. Norman Askins,
and to their left is Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Burkland.

The chairs have been set up in the car park. This is at the northern end, looking NNE, with the 9 metre USB antenna in the background.

Photo: Brian Riehle.

Miss Lou Chargalof with programs to distribute to invited guests as they arrive.

Miss Chargalof lived nearby, in Inarajan or possibly a little closer to the station than that. This view is looking to the south west.

Photo: Brian Riehle.

Guam Station Director Charles T. Force
speaks at the official opening.
Governor of Guam, Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero, and Mrs Guerrero are seated behind him.

(Charles Force went on to become NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Communications. In that position he was involved in the development and deployment of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.)

Photo: Brian Riehle

Guam Station Director Charles T. Force
and an unidentified Naval officer.
Note the photographer on the far right.

Photo: Brian Riehle

After the ceremony, Governor and Mrs Guerrero leave via the main door of the Operations Building.

On the far left wearing sunglasses is Aaron Dutton, a Bendix Field Engineering Computer Engineer.

Photo: Brian Riehle