US NAVY LCDR Tom Chider was stationed at NAS Whidbey Island Search & Rescue around 1970-1972.
He was also stationed with VXE-6 in 1968 where Mt. Chider, Antarctica was named after him.
Mount Chider is a notable mountain, 3,110 metres (10,200 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Mount Hart in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960¨C64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Chider, helicopter pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in Operation Deep Freeze 1968.
Burial information obtained from Veteran's Administration Cemetery Listing.
He was also stationed with VXE-6 in 1968 where Mt. Chider, Antarctica was named after him.
Mount Chider is a notable mountain, 3,110 metres (10,200 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Mount Hart in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960¨C64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Chider, helicopter pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in Operation Deep Freeze 1968.
Burial information obtained from Veteran's Administration Cemetery Listing.
US NAVY LCDR Tom Chider was stationed at NAS Whidbey Island Search & Rescue around 1970-1972.
He was also stationed with VXE-6 in 1968 where Mt. Chider, Antarctica was named after him.
Mount Chider is a notable mountain, 3,110 metres (10,200 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Mount Hart in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960¨C64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Chider, helicopter pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in Operation Deep Freeze 1968.
Burial information obtained from Veteran's Administration Cemetery Listing.
He was also stationed with VXE-6 in 1968 where Mt. Chider, Antarctica was named after him.
Mount Chider is a notable mountain, 3,110 metres (10,200 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Mount Hart in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960¨C64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Chider, helicopter pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in Operation Deep Freeze 1968.
Burial information obtained from Veteran's Administration Cemetery Listing.
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