Title from verso. Photograph of a tracked vehicle pulling an artillery piece out of the mud. Verso reads: "Just a couple hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle is Adak Island, in Aleutian chain, where Task Force Williwaw has been...
Photograph accompanying manuscript by William J. Betts, titled "Captain Castner of Chilkoot," which depict activities at Chilkoot Barracks in Haines From verso: The author as he looked at the time of the trek up the Chilkat River, July, 1936.
Photograph accompanying manuscript by William J. Betts, titled "Captain Castner of Chilkoot," which depict activities at Chilkoot Barracks in Haines From verso: Leaving camp for a training hike on snowshoes. It is snowing. The soldiers didn't...
Photograph accompanying manuscript by William J. Betts, titled "Captain Castner of Chilkoot," which depict activities at Chilkoot Barracks in Haines From verso: Some of the men relaxing with a beer after the long hike up the Chilkat was over....
Photograph accompanying manuscript by William J. Betts, titled "Captain Castner of Chilkoot," which depict activities at Chilkoot Barracks in Haines From verso: A group of Company E men going on a two-week camping and training [exercise] up...
From verso: Arctic proving ground, the last lap: After the tedious climb over the mountains, personnel from the Arctic Indoctrination Center, near the wooded area where they will bivouac for the night. Signal Corps 397227-S; Dept. of Defense...
Title from verso Three Alaskan Natives participate in winter tactics training at Basic Training Detachment. The men learn that deep snow provides advantages as well as hazards. . .The training detachment draws its entire contingent of trainees...
Title from verso Paratroopers of the 503rd Airborne Infantry, from Fort Bragg, N.C., nearing the landing area, after making a jump from a C-123 in preparation for Operation "Caribou Creek." A green smoke bomb is in the foreground, giving the...
Title from verso An H-21A/B [Piasecki, "Flying Banana" assault helicopter] lands with hot food and mountaineering equipment at Co. C, 1st Battle Group, 23rd Infantry bivouac area on Kenai Peninsula mountain ridge, during the [Fort Richardson]...
Title from verso Members of Company B, 1st Battle Group, 3rd Infantry, cross rope suspension bridge during mountain training in the Eklutna Glacier area [one soldier shown, crossing rope bridge over river] Signal Corps Photo 586103 (Sp4...
Title from verso Sgt. Cook, Company B, 1st Battle Group, 23rd Infantry [Fort Richardson], rappelling off a 200-ft. cliff Signal Corps Photo 586107 (Sp4 William Miller, photographer)
Title from verso Sp4 Thomas J. Brown (Manchester, N.H.), Company C, 1st Battle Group, 23rd Infantry,”Skiing on Glacier” during glacier training, Eklutna Glacier Signal Corps Photo 586112 ((Capt. Charles Beresford, photographer)
Title from verso Sp4 Thomas F. Barhart (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Company C, !st Battle Group, 23rd Infantry, leading squad up mounting during "Summer Training in Alaska,” Eklutna mountain training area Signal Corps Photo 586113 (Capt. Charles...
From verso: Captain Kennedy and 1st Sgt. Caldwell, sending a radio message from the top of a mountain west of Eagle River, Alaska Signal Corps Photo 586116 (Sp4 William Miller, photographer)
From verso: The Yukon riverboats, specially developed for use in central Alaska, are an indispensable mode of transportation, employed in tactical missions, supply work, and other tasks Signal Corps Photo 595641
Title from verso 1st Battle Group, 23rd Infantry ski patrol, exercises on Eklutna Glacier, near Fort Richardson Signal Corps Photo 595645 (Sp-5 Dike, photographer)