Reverse side of a 4 cent U.S. postcard

KB6EPN 1963 Canton Island

Clyde V. Preece, KB6EPN (later KH6NK) was an employee of the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

He was on Wake Island when typhoon "Olive" struck on September 16, 1952. Because he was a U.S. Government employee he was awarded $966 "...in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States, which sum represents the reasonable value of each claimant's personal property lost, damaged, or destroyed at a result of [the] typhoon.... " (Private Law 86-258 April 9, 1960 [H. R. 825 I]).

Clyde was born Victor Clyde Preece December 2, 1912 in Kentucky, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Preece. He died March 28, 1997 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Front side QSL SM5LNE Collection
Reverse side QSL courtesy of W5KNE and W5YKU
Info courtesy of W5KNE