Title from verso. Photograph of a downed Japanese warplane with a group of people analyzing the wreckage. Verso reads: "Jap [ Japanese ] plane down in the Aleutians. Aleutians Islands -- This Jap [ Japanese ] warplane is shown after it...
Image of men on the beach of one of the Andreanof Islands. Caption reads: "Troops occupy Andreanof Island Group in Aleutians, 125 miles east of Jap-held [ Japanese held] Kiska. Here troops reach the beach and make off into the hills to set up...
Title from verso. Photograph of a tank driving across the snow. Verso reads: "U. S. tanks in Aleutians. The snow-covered ground at an advanced U.S. base in the Aleutians proved no obstacle for one of our light tanks stationed there. ...
"And this is number 6, and we have a number of pilots here. Yea that was a group of pilots that flew the navy contract operation out the Aleutians during WWII.
Description from interview with Ralph Savory and his daughter, Diane.
The George A. Llano Collection consists of 111 photographs relating to Llano's lichen research and the Anaktuvuk Pass and Wainwright areas, circa 1948. Subjects include plant collecting and identification, people and village activities in...
Title from verso. Men and equipment landing on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "Americans occupy island 63 miles from Kiska Amchitka Island, Aleutians--In the cold waters of Constantine Harbor, Yank landing boats head toward Amchitka...
Title from verso. Photograph of a village in the Aleutian Islands. Date of 6/13/42 on verso probably relates to when the photo was used by Acme rather than when it was taken. Words in brackets are crossed out and a note is written...
Title from verso. Photograph of B-24's in flight over the Aleutians. Verso reads: "Aleutians -- On their way to bomb Japanese outposts on the Island of Kiska, these U.S. Army B-24 Liberator Bombers wing to the west from their base. ...
Title from caption. Three junior officers eating a meal. Verso reads: "Aleutians -- Wearing a variety of headgear, officers stationed in the Aleutians are shown taking their chow from mess kits. Left to[r]right: 2nd Lt. Robert F....
Title from verso. Photograph of bomb exploding on Japanese military installation in the Aleutian Islands. Verso reads: "An upsurging column of smoke causes a long shadow over Jap [ Japanese ] installations as a U.S. bombadier hits his...
Title from verso. Photograph of a tower in an isolated Aleutian location. Image has been modified, perhaps because original was over exposed and needed contrast. Verso reads: "Isolated tower of a remote gale-swept outpost in Aleutians...
Title from verso. Four sailors walk across the mud of Adak. Verso reads: "It may not look like a main stem to you, but this is "Main Street" to the men at Uncle Sam's base at Adak, in the Aleutians. Here, four sailors slosh through the mud...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers clearing snow off a roof. Verso reads: "Soldiers at a U.S. Army base in the Aleutians do a little old-fashioned snow shoveling to clear important points after a williwaw (howling blizzard to you)...
Title from verso. Photograph of an Aleutian village. The steamship at the dock might be the Victoria. Verso reads: "Taken on a dark day. Another village in the Aleutians. A good view of the ship you would take if you came up. These...
One minute, 26 second, color/silent, film clip of unloading vehicles and troops. From the film "Report from the Aleutians", directed and narrated by John Huston while he was a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
48 second, color/silent, film clip of a naval ship in anti-submarine maneuvers. From the film "Report from the Aleutians", directed and narrated by John Huston while he was a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
One minute, 41 second, color/sound, film clip. From title frame: "Marston Matt" steel plank runway is assembled by U.S. Army on Adak. Excerpt from "Report from the Aleutians", a 1943 War Dept. film produced, directed, and narrated by John...
Title taken from verso. Men at whaling station cutting up sperm whale, Akutan, Alaska. From information with photo: "A modern whaling station in the Aleutians. Now taken over yb [sic] the Army. This was a Norwegian whaling station. (not active). #4...
Title taken from verso. Group of soldiers eating a meal while stationed on Attu Island, Alaska. From verso: "Attu mess area, Black troops in Aleutians." World War II. 1942-1945. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".