View of a group of men and women gathered around a scale model of a fish trap. The sign in front reads: "This is a fish trap, Alaska's Enemy No. 1, vote oct. 12th, to abolish it". Based on other photographs in the series this photograph was most...
Title from verso. Photograph of a gunner watching for enemy aircraft duing the landing of men and equipment on an island in the Aleutian chain. Verso reads: "United States Army troops with Navy support have occupied the Andreanof...
Title from verso. Photograph of men carrying fence stakes for barb wire defenses. Verso reads: "U.S. soldiers who have just landed on the Aleutian Island 63 miles from Kiska, tote a mess of [unreadable] stakes for barbed wire...
Title from verso. Photograph of air raid on Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Verso Reads "Jap [ Japanese ] bombs fall harmlessly into the bay during a raid on Dutch Harbor, June 3-4. Jap [ Japanese ] bombardiers missed by a mile when they tried...
Title from verso. Photograph of an American mop-up squad clearing a Japanese gun emplacement. Verso reads: "Moving forward cautiously, the American mop-up squad examines this Jap [ Japanese ] dougout [sic] with makeshift, tent-like...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers at the front of the advance against Japanese defenders. Verso reads: "Washington D.C. -- This photo, one of the first taken of the landing of U. S. troops on Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Attu Island...
Title from verso. Map showing how military forces took Attu Island during the Aleutian Campaign. Verso reads: "Starting with a landing by scouts on Blind Cove on the north side of Holtz Bay on Attu Island, May 11, American forces have...
Title from verso. Aerial view of a portion of the northeast coast of Attu Island showing route of attack of the U.S. forces during the Aleutian Campaign. Verso reads: "This aerial photo-diagram, made public by the U.S. War Department,...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of landing barges bringing supplies to the American forces fighting on Attu Island. Verso reads: "Attu -- Crates of supplies litter the beach of Attu as landing barges bring more supplies ashore to...
Title from verso. Photograph of American bombs falling on Kiska. Verso reads: "This is the first picture to arrive here showing bombs from an American plane heading for the flight strip which the Japs [ Japanese ] have been building on...
Title form verso partially obscured. Photograph of Kiska invasion command during a meeting to discuss the final plans. Verso reads: "American and Canadian troops have occupied Kiska, vast Japanese stronghold in the Aleutians, without...
Title from verso. Photograph of spent shell casings from U.S. bombardment of Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Here's the aftermath of a bombardment of Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Kiska Island in the Aleutians by U.S. Pacific Fleet cruisers and...
Title from verso. Photograph of bombs striking Kiska Island with Japanese positions and transportation corridors marked. Verso reads: "Kiska -- The tremendous amount of wasted Jap [ Japanese ] labor is evidenced by this photo of the...
Title from verso. Photograph of U.S. Soldier eating captured supplies with captured eating utensils. Verso reads: "Kiska -- The rice left behind when the Japs fled the island of Kiska makes a tasty titbit for S/Sgt. Emdond A. Birdsell...
Title taken from caption. "Carl Nagel - Trapped Kantishna River, 1910-18. Interned as Enemy Alien, World War I. Trapline Later known as Hindenburg Line."
View of the radio building at the Cape Chiniak "White Alice" facility, on Kodiak Island, Alaska. White Alice was a form of radar built by the U.S. Air Force in the mid 1950's. Built during the height of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force intended...
View of two workers climbing the dome atop a "White Alice" facility at Cape Chiniak, on Kodiak Island, Alaska. White Alice was a form of radar built by the U.S. Air Force in the mid 1950's. Built during the height of the Cold War the U.S. Air Force...
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...
Signal Corps photo number SC 174201. Verso: Medics massage the legs and feet of 17 year old Pvt. Donald Lynch who was forced to remain in a water filled trench at the front for over twenty- four hours due to enemy fire. At the time this picture...
Title from notes with original negative Men are identified as Hobbs and Hill Twelve USAAC Douglas B-18A Bolo light-medium bombers were sent to Elmendorf Field in 1940. Six were given to the 73rd Medium Bombardment Squadron and six to the...