Keywords: LTC Montgomery Meig Taylor and crew aboard USS Buffalo - Alaska - 1914.jpg en Lieutnant Commander Montgomery Meigs Taylor far left and officers of the USS Buffalo during the 1914 Alaska Radio Expedition in Alaska United States The Buffalo established a series of radio stations in Alaska to extend radio traffic into the Arctic Circle This was Taylor's first assignment after serving at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and his last before attending the Naval War College During this expedition the crew learned that World War I had broken out in Europe http //www ibiblio org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/images/i05000/i05463 jpg United States Navy 1914 Montgomery Meigs Taylor USS Buffalo AD-8 History of communication in Alaska PD-USGov-Military-Navy |