Title from verso. Unloading a jeep from a landing craft. Verso reads: "A jeep noses its way shoreward from a snub-nosed landing barge. By occupying this island which is only about an hour's flying time from Japanese-occupied Kiska, the...
Title from verso. Photo of men and equipment landing on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "As the first wave of landing boats sweeps in to the rocky beach on Amchitka, troops and cargo await transportation ashore. The U.S. landing on the...
Title from verso. Photograph of a Japanese shell exploding near a U.S. position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- With a roar, a Japanese shell explodes near a U.S. position. The Nips [ Nipponese ] fought furiously and clung to their...
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...
Two servicemen pose for a photograph on a vehicle used for towing aircraft. Verso: "Left to right: Charles Nicholls and Weldon Preddy." Marsden matting (interlocked steel plates) covers the ground. Original photograph size: 4 x 5 3/4 inch.
Two pilots in flight suits and carrying parachutes, stand on steps in front of a Quonset hut. They are probably from the 77th Bombardier Squadron of the Eleventh Air Force. Verso: "Left to right: Willard Castledine and Dale Luttman." Original...
View of a bomber flying in formation. The photograph was taken from another bomber in the formation; the engine and wing of that plane are partially visible in the shot. The bombers were from the 77th Bombardier Squadron of the Eleventh Air Force. ...
A flight crew from the 77th Bombardier Squadron (Eleventh Air Force) stands beside a plane on the runway at Adak. Left to right: Weldon Preddy, Joe Fontaine, and Ken Wood. Marsden matting (steel interlocked plates) covers the ground. Original...
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...
From verso: "Douglas B18 Bolo from the 73rd Bomber Squadron taxies up the landing strip, the first bomber to use the new facility at Yakutat" (note from Alaska Geographic, v. 22 (4) 1995 "World War II in Alaska", p. 22). n.d. Original photograph...
Cover: "Scrap-book, belonged to George Kostrometinoff ('Father Sergius') who was in the employ of the Russian gov't. and also the United States gov't.in the early days."
Papers focus on several Tlingits from Angoon, Admiralty Island, 1878-1911 when the Navy was in charge of the territory. Two letters and the "lost" note relate to the bombardment of Angoon by the Navy vessel U.S.S. Adams in 1882; also mentions the...
Tlingit policeman Kah-Chuckte [Kah Kluck Tay], in uniform with badge and a cap that reads Killisnoo; standing in front of house with shield and signboard over door. Shield depicts a row of houses along a beach. c. 1900.Verso: A contemporary of...
Left to right: Dick Yelth nahwoo (Yéil naawú, Tleix'yaanag'ut) of the Deisheetaan Raven House wearing the Raven Hat. Alfred Perkins Sr. (Kwaal Éesh) of the Deisheetaan Needlefish House wearing the Beaver...
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...
Title from notes with original negative Military men are identified as Lt. Tom G. Sinner & Capt Geo. W. A. Beyer Twelve USAAC Douglas B-18A Bolo light-medium bombers were sent to Elmendorf Field in 1940. Six were given to the 73rd Medium...
Twelve USAAC Douglas B-18A bombers were sent to Elmendorf Field in 1940. Six were given to the 73rd Medium Bombardment Squadron and six to the 36th Heavy Bombardment Squadron. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, both squadrons flew coastal patrol from...