[Mg] Simon Bolivar Buckner, was commanding general of the Alaska Defense Command when war broke out at air base headquarters on Amchitka Island in May 1944. General Buckner first commanded the Alaska Defense Command as a colonel in July 1940. That...
"Alaskan defenders are depicted on the World War I[I] poster which was presented Saturday evening (Feb. 19) to Maj. Gen. George A. Carver (right) commanding general of United States Army, Alaska, by Brigadier General William S. Elmore, Adjutant...
"U. S. Delegation visiting Hawaii for Statehood Celebration, Nov. 25, 1959, paid an official call to Gen. I. D. White, at Fort Shafter, Oahu, Hawaii. Left to right: Lt. Gen. T.J.H. Trapnell, Dep. Cdr. in Chief & Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Pacific;...
Photograph with the following caption attached: Governor Ernest Gruening of Alaska visits the Public Roads Administration camp in Whitehorse and is photographed with the ranking officers of the North-west Command. From left: Brigadier General...
Portrait photograph of Major General James C. Jensen, Commander Alaskan Air Command Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska from 1963 to 1966. From verso: "Major General James C. Jensen. Commander Alaskan Air Command Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska (Air...
Title by cataloguer. A large group of people, among them a few men in uniform, are posing for the camera. The four men in uniform, standing in the middle seem to be generals and admirals. The fact that several of the men are equipped with...
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 cataloger's notes. Full note reads: "Presentation of trophy awarded to hockey team winning the games three different years, which Ladd Field Hockey Team won. University Bus Lines offered the trophy. Left to right - University...
"Two generals -- It is easy enouth [enough] to recognize General Pershing, but the business-like man in flying togs talking to him is Major General Charles T. Menoher, Chief of the Air Service, just returning after...
Title from verso. Verso: Occupation of Amchitka by US Army Task Forces. This island is located seventy miles from Kiska, held by the Japanese. Signal Corps photo by BPR. Original negative received from BPR, May, 1943. Released by BPR, May...
Title from verso. "In the winter of 1942-43, Sir Hubert Wilkins, celebrated Arctic explorer, visited Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, to help solve some of the problems that arose in pushing lend-lease planes through to Russia during one of the...