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 an crew operating a field artillery piece. Verso reads: "Attu -- Working swiftly, doughboys at left unpack "refills" for the field piece their buddies are firing on Japs during the battle of Attu. In...
Title from verso. Landing vehicles deliver equipment and supplies for the occupational forces in the Andreanof Group. Verso reads: "Supplies for fighting men and machines. Bales and crates of assorted war materials for the U. S. troops...
Title from verso. Photograph of a tank driving across the snow. Verso reads: "U. S. tanks in Aleutians. The snow-covered ground at an advanced U.S. base in the Aleutians proved no obstacle for one of our light tanks stationed there. ...
Title from verso. Photograph of a team firing a mortar. Verso reads: "Right in the thick of action on Attu, hurling their trench mortar shells over a ridge into a Japanese position, these soldiers go about their job casually. Note the...
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 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 military supplies with a signpost reading "hard work will win the war" and "2640 miles to tokio" Verso reads: "A signpost shows what's on the mind of these fighting men. From this base Americans can keep...
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 taken from caption. "Ustensiles et armes des habitans du detroit de Behring". A display of native weaponry, spear heads, arrows and other artifacts. There also appear to be some plates and baskets.
Title taken from caption. View of a mounted gun on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone. There is a man in the background. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Title taken from caption. View of four of the expedition team members standing near a mounted gun on the deck of the U.S. Coat Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the...
Title taken from caption. View of mounted gun aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Duane (formerly the William J. Duane). Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption.View of Aleš Hrdlička standing near a mounted gun on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.