We had an ASA base on Shemya.
The standing joke was that on Shemya, there was girl behind every tree. (Problem is, there are NO trees).
They planted a tree in front of the main building. Wind took it.
I spent two weeks on Shemya, it is closer to Japan than Anchorage.
At the time (late 80s) they claimed to have the world’s largest collection of video tapes.
Constant wind every day all day. The quonsets and hangars howled all the time.