Gustav Tjgaard

Born on Decatur Island of the San Juan Archipelago of the State of Washington. Served as a sailor, in trade with the Orient, on the last and largest Windjammer (Vigilant) to sail commercially. Was a para-trooper in Europe in WW II. After the war took a degree in mining at the University of Alaska's School of Mines. Later lived in and worked with the Tlingets.