View of bombing of Fort Mears at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, Alaska, during World War II. From verso: "News release. Headquarters, Alaskan Command. Public Affairs Division, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506. Phone Anchorage, Alaska (907) 752-9215 or...
Title from caption. Photograph of Dutch Harbor. Verso reads: "Here's how Dutch Harbor looked before Uncle Sam's crews began vital bases for defense of Alaska and environs. Jap [ Japanese ] bombers unleashed a retaliatory bombing raid on...
Title from caption. Photograph of a burning Japanese ship in Kiska Harbor after U.S. Army Air Forces raided Japanese-held Kiska Island. Caption on front of phototgraph reads: "Kiska Harbor, Aleutian Island, Alaska, -- Jap [ Japanese ]...
Title from verso. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
Title from verso. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
Title from verso. Panoramic photograph of explosions just off shore during the attack of Dutch Harbor. Verso reads: "Here in one of the first offical Dutch Harbor bombing photos released by the U.S. Navy is shown a series of bomb...
Title from verso. Photograph of a building damaged during the bombing raid on Dutch Harbor. Verso reads: "All that remained of a 24-bed hospital at Unalaska after Japanese bombers struck June 4. Fortunately, all patients had been...
Title from verso. Photograph of smoke rising from a small island (Kinnaw(sic)) after a bombing run. Verso reads: "Smoke rises from fires started by American air and ground forces on the small island of Kinnaw (sic) , off Chicagof...
Title from verso. Photograph of bombing damage from a U.S. air raid on Japanese forces on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "This photo, released in Washington today, shows columns of smoke rising from Japanese installations on Kiska Island in...
Title from verso. Photograph of a bombing mission over Kiska Island. Shown here are two anti-aircraft positions connected by a communications trench. Two bombs are falling. What may be two Japanese soldiers can be seen, one to the north of the...
(6:58 min.) (16 of 28) 16. Virginia speaks about flight instruction
Virginia's first solo flight was on December 7, 1941, but since all flights were canceled that day she had to solo again a week later. Flights were cancelled because of...
The twenty-three page album includes 105 black and white prints and a packet of scraps of paper with Japanese writing on them. Subjects of the photographs include Attu Island scenes including tug boats, cargo ships, steamships and docks, Holtz Bay...
Title taken from headlines. Front page headlines from Dec. 7, 1941 extra edition of Kodiak Mirror in which United States declares war after Pearl Harbor bombing. Includes notice of blackout on Kodiak Island, Alaska for that night. From verso:...
Signal Corps photo number SC 140008. Verso: Col. William O. Eareckson of the 11th Provisional Bombing Command, who received the Distinguished Service Cross, is writing a message on a bomb destined for the Japs on the Island of Kiska. Umnak...