The following is an excerpt from The Lafayette Escadrille, Pilot Biographies, by Dennis Gordon.

When the U.S.S. Oklahoma was sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Haviland sought reinstatement as a naval officer. He was accepted with rank of Commander and was made the supervising executive officer in charge of the construction of the new naval air station designated for Whidbey Island, Washington. In November, 1943, Haviland assumed command of the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station which he ran with clockwork efficiency. His superiors noted this, and he was soon to be given a special assignment in the Central Pacific War Zone. He relinquished command of the Whidbey Island Station on 11 September, 1944.

This section of An Earlybird's Scrapbook includes photos and memoribilia from the first years of operation of NAS Whidbey Island, and some "looks back into the past" from 1980s editions of Whidbey Crosswinds.

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