(2:12 min.) (12 of 12) Final comments for the record -- proud of Alaska; working within the government; obtained Statehood -- without revolution; Alaska -- finest state in the Union; delegates -- thinking of the future; resources -- Natives;...
(4:40 min.) (12 of 12) Occupation Shemya runway washed away--Took a few days to get back to Anchorage--wrote history of Alaska construction--lots of people wrote it Bush edited--Left over the Alaska Highway--short time in states--then to south...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "View from 12,000ft camp looking up at climbers coming down Karstens Ridge to the 12,000ft camp."
(6:33 min.) (05 of 12) Building bases and prep for Attu 30,000 men working total--civilian contractors did lots of work--DeLong--General Tally--Cold Bay task force to retake Attu--General Buckner--Alaska scouts--12,000 men in first two...
(6:12 min.) (06 of 12) Lack of experience to arctic conditions Casualties due to cold--4 D-8 dozers stuck in tundra--Attu was a disaster, fiasco--Got winter supplies, shoe packs later--men stuck for 8 or 9 days --Japaneese were better equipped...
(5:47 min.) (12 of 24) 12 Steward's duties
John explained how the Steward resupplied in port. Chief steward's responsibilities included personnel matters; alcoholism was sometimes a problem. Steward had to make out the requisitions and...
(5:30 min.) (12 of 28) 12. Next assignment
George drove to Seattle in a car he'd built. In Colorado, the engine caught fire. He made temporary repairs. He had to follow trucks that cut through the snow before him. A woman ran him off the...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Returning to 12,000ft camp from carrying loads to Browne Tower. Pete Haase in foreground, 12,000ft camp appears as dots in upper middle of slide."
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Back at 12,000ft camp. Pete Haase's red parka with wolverine ruff on left, Marie Working on right."
Title taken from back of photograph and attached note: "Seated at tea table: Mrs. George Gasser and Mrs. Ernest N. Patty (deceased). Seated in semi-circle from left: 1 - Mrs. Peter Despot 2 ?? 3 - Mrs. Jeff Studdert 4 - Mrs. Joe (Mary) Barrows 5 -...
Title taken from caption. View of a tuff of grass growing out of an ash dune at Vegetation Station No. 21 near Kodiak. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. Sept. 12, 1917. Photographer: Robert F....
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Title taken from front. View of man walking along Copper River and Northwestern Railway tracks going up Keystone Canyon, Southcentral Alaska. Photo is property of Cook Inlet Historical Society. Photographer's number G920. Aug. 12, 1906....
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway locomotive "The Sourdough" leaving railroad station at Kings River, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G304." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo....
Title taken from front. View of Alaska Engineering Commission Railway locomotive "The Sourdough" coming into station at King Rivers, Matanuska Valley, Alaska. Also from front: "A.E.C. G305." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's...