Title from caption. Photograph of a burning Japanese ship in Kiska Harbor after U.S. Army Air Forces raided Japanese-held Kiska Island. Caption on front of phototgraph reads: "Kiska Harbor, Aleutian Island, Alaska, -- Jap [ Japanese ]...
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 artillery unit as they watch U.S. aircraft pass over their position. Verso reads: "Attu -- All eyes focus anxiously on the Aleutian skies as American fighting men watch their air arm fly into battle. ...
Title from verso. Photograph of first wave of landing craft heading for the beaches of Attu. Verso reads: "As American troops landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands, May 11, 1943, a navy combat photography unit accompanied the first wave of...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of landing barges bringing supplies to the American forces fighting on Attu Island. Verso reads: "Attu -- Crates of supplies litter the beach of Attu as landing barges bring more supplies ashore to...
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 from verso. Photograph of Seabees building a runway out of Marsden Matting. Verso reads: "Seabees work through a mile-a-minute gale at an Aleutian base from which American planes take off to bomb Paramushiru, key Jap [ Japanese ]...
Title from verso. Photograph of a landing craft carrying equipment for the men on Attu Island. Verso reads: "Attu -- The American flag flutters from a mast in this captured Jap [ Japanese ] landing boat as our men bring it ashore on the...
Title from verso. Photograph of landing boats being lowered over the side of a naval vessel. Verso reads: "Attu -- Two landing boats are swung aloft from one of the ships that brought American troops to Attu to harass the Japs on that...
Title from verso. Men carry a litter across the landscape on Attu Island. Verso reads: "As American troops landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands, May 11, 1943, a Navy combat photography unit accompanied the first wave of American troops...
Title from verso. Photograph of Japanese transport ships, one of which is burning and smoking. Verso reads: "Black smoke hangs over Kiska Harbor as it rises from a Jap [ Japanese ] transport hit by bombs from U.S. planes during a raid...
Title from verso. Photograph of Japanese camp, showing excavated bunkers/dwellings. Verso reads: "Americans inspect a torn-up Aleutian battleground in this panoramic view of the Holtz Bay area of Attu, where strong Jap [ Japanese ]...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers up against a berm as a sniper in the hills harasses their position. Verso reads: "As American troops landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands, May 11, 1943, a navy combat photography unit accompanied the...
Title from verso. Photograph of smoke rising from a small island (Kinnaw(sic)) after a bombing run. Verso reads: "Smoke rises from fires started by American air and ground forces on the small island of Kinnaw (sic) , off Chicagof...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers and a dog outside a structure called "telephone central". Verso reads: "Kiska -- Left on Kiska Island by the Japs [ Japanese ], this dog soon made new friends among the American forces. This was...
Title from verso. Photograph of a submarine docking at Dutch Harbor, while an honor guard waits on the pier. Verso reads: "Vulnerable. -- Dutch Harbor, the Navy's oldest base in the Aleutian Islands, has been reduced to "care-taker"...
Title from verso. Photograph of a man speaking into a microphone connected to a loudspeaker; a megaphone is just to the right of the speaker. Verso reads: Attu -- Landing boats bringing American troops to the rocky shores of Attu,...
Title from verso. Photograph of men and landing craft during the liberation of Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Canadian and American troops landed from these craft on Kiska beach go to hunt Japs, only to find that the little men weren't...
Title from verso. Photograph of seals on the beach of a Pribilof Island. Verso reads: "Pribilof Islands -- A big bull seal (center) lords it over his harem of nearly 30 cows and their pups, presenting an amusing picture for crewmen of...
Title from verso. Photograph of canvas covered boat transporting supplies from a Navy ship to St. George Island. Verso reads: "Pribilof Islands -- Using light, canvas-covered native boats, crewmen of the USS Thuban bring supplies to the...