Title taken from verso: Verso: Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner looking at the American flag hoisted above the captured Japanese hqs. In Chichagof Bay after the Japanese had been routed and the island again in the hands of the...
Fire sweeping through town engulfs the Seward Beer & Wine Parlor during the 1943 fire in Seward, Alaska. 1943. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from caption. View of three people standing at end of dock with steamboat at dock at left in McGrath, Alaska. Also from caption: "See letter to Dad, July 20, 1943." July 4, 1943. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Japanese soldiers on Attu Island, Alaska, during World War II. Photo among those later found on Attu after its capture by the United States. From front: "Attu, 1943." 1943. Original photograph size: 7" x 5".
View of Japanese soldier skiing, Attu Island, Alaska, during World War II. Photo among those later found on Attu after its capture by the United States. From front: "Attu, 1943." 1943. Original photograph size: 7" x 5".
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...
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...
Spectators line the street as a building collapses from the 1943 fire in Seward, Alaska. 1943. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of photograph: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4".
Photograph with the caption Launching U.S.S. CB-1, Miss Anne Lillian Diamond-Maid of Honor, Mrs. Ernest Gruening- Sponsor, Rear Admiral R. W. Ryden, U.S.N., New York Shipbuilding Copr., Camden, N.J., August 15th, 1943.
Photograph with the caption: Launching U. S. S. CB-1, Christening, Mrs. Ernest Gruening Sponsor, New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., August 15th 1943.
One minute, 41 second, color/sound, film clip. From title frame: "Marston Matt" steel plank runway is assembled by U.S. Army on Adak. Excerpt from "Report from the Aleutians", a 1943 War Dept. film produced, directed, and narrated by John...
Title taken from caption. Myron Myrick sleeps in chair while Beulah Marrs (later Beulah Marrs Parisi) and Arthur Rich look on in Anchorage, Alaska. Photograph was used in Anchorage Daily Times article published Nov. 3, 1943 entitled "USO Friday...
Title taken from verso. Polly Petty sitting on couch surrounded by men in uniform at USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, with fireplace partially visible at left and moose head on wall in right background. Also from verso: "1943. Polly Petty and...
Title taken from caption. Women dancing with men in uniform during Halloween dance at USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, with men waiting for dance partners at left. Also from verso: "Note stag line at left. Animal heads on walls. BMP-8. ADC Photo...
Title taken from verso. Women dancing with service men at Halloween dance in USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, with view of orchestra. Also from verso: "Good view of orchestra. Dance orchestras were excellent. Many professional musicians....
From verso: "Military and civilian personnel of U. S. Engineers in Alaska at Headquarters of Alaska Defense Command, Fort Richardson, following award of the Distinguished Service medal to Col. B. B. Talley, Officer in Charge Alaska Construction,...