Title taken from caption. Army Sergeant Andy Helm on telephone in his office in Anchorage, Alaska, with posters advertising Valentines Day dance to be held at Kashim Club (11th Air Force Club at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska). Poster in...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from back of photo. "HQ AAC -- Mass Destruction -- Many small boats from the Seward dock area paid an unexpected visit to the Alaskan Railroad yards during the Good Friday earthquake. Here the area is shown littered with the remains...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph also shows a jeep and two cannons flanking a flag. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
Title from verso. Photograph of boat flung inland by the tsunami generated by the 1964 earthquake. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- FLEET DEMOLISHED -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages...
Title from verso. Photograph of a Civil Defense team as they move cargo destined for aid and reconstruction after the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- HEAVY CARGO -- Civil Defense members of the...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of Seward, Alaska showing damage following the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- END OF The LINE -- Rail lines and a fuel tank farm suffered almost complete...
Major John W. Thaxton, right, and Airman 2nd Class Jim Deveno of the 5040th Transportation Squadron, are unloading boxes of donated disaster supplies from an Air Force truck. The goods were collected to aid the harder hit...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ AAC -- Seward from the air -- Seward's damaged waterfront buildings and rail yards lie twisted and broken in the aftermath of the Good Friday earthquake which seriously damaged this community among many others...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] --Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
Title taken from notes on the back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Curious Cargo -- Steel poles for the earthquake stricken community of Seward, Alaska, are offloaded from an Air Force C-123 'Provider' from the...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ (Headquarters) AAC (Alaskan Air Command) -- Bread for Seward -- An Air Force C-123 'Provider' of the Alaskan Air command's 5017th operations Squadron stands ready in the background to airlift a badly needed...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Heavy Cargo -- Civil Defense members of the earthquake stricken community of Seward strain to shift some of the heavy cargo airlifted into the area by men and...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Poles Arrive -- Airlifted in to the stricken community of Seward, Alaska, telephone poles were hustled into the city to replace those downed by the earthquake. The...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Busy Crew -- Air Force personnel as well as civilian civil Defense volunteers had their hands full at Seward, Alaska, on the day after the Good Friday earthquake....
Title taken from back of photo. HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Fleet Demolished -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages during the tidal wave that swept coastal Alaskan communities shortly...
"HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaska Air Command] -- Heavy Damage -- Large scale damage was inflicted on the Alaska port city of Seward by the Good Friday earthquake and the tidal wave that followed shortly...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaska Air Command] -- 200 yards inland -- Heavily damaged and left high and dry is a modified WWII landing barge, which was used to haul freight in the Seward, Alaska, area. Although the...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- 'X' Marks the spot -- Anchorage's Mt. McKinley building [later known as the McKay Building] shows the common 'X' shaped cracks that marred many Alaskan buildings,...