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1943-3-171943-3-20St. Paul Island: 1943A very uncertain possible eruption accout of a submarine eruption offshore of St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Island is contained in Lyman Ellsworth's 1952 memoir, titled "Guys on Ice." Below is an excerpt from the book, describing events of March 17 - 20, 1943, as viewed from the village on St. Paul, where he and other soldiers were stationed during WWII. "We jogged along till the morning of St. Patrick's Day (1943). Things were quiet when Sergeant Graves careened down the hill into the village, ... More informationasterisk_yellow.pngye50http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/activity.php?volcname=St. Paul Island&eruptionid=743&page=basic
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1943 - St. Paul Island
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