(5:26 min.) (08 of 12) More on supply transportation Poorly prepared and equipped--Pushed caterpillars (bulldozers) off the top of ridge--3 of 4 survived--built switchback down to cats--escorting an engineer company
(6:24 min.) (07 of 12) Supplies from Massacre Bay Winched up ridge--Lt. Col Green--disposition of Japanese forces--Getting supplies up to engineer hill--Building a switch back road--each man going up carried K-rations, bullets or mortar...
(8:13 min.) (09 of 12) Battle on Attu Took company of engineers to a ridge --walked back in the dark--connected with another unit--Japanese followed their path and attacked--Screamed "mitsui?"--Many G. I.'s killed--Capt. killed--Japanese got...
Accession Number: 260 Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Carved walrus ivory figurine in the form of a sea otter reclining on its back with the front paws touching on the sides of the head. The eyes are drilled holes. There...
Accession Number: 433 Old Num: 110 Description: wood; carved Found: arctic ocean Descriptive Narrative: Spare paddle blade carved from natural light colored wood. Both sides of the blade have a central ridge with the back ridge...
Aerial view of Cape Romanzof, Alaska, looking southeast, with airplane wing partially visible in photo. From slide mount: "Romanzoff [sic]. South ridge looking southeast. 6-2-55." June 2, 1955. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer:...
Amason, Alvin (artist). Audio, 2:36 minutes MP3 format. Alvin Amason talks about how he named his painting "Oscar Scared Him with His Icon" at a UA Museum of the North Geist lecture
American soldiers "in the thick of it" on Attu Ridge in May 1943. By the end of the month the battle of Attu ended with American victory and the invader was driven from American soil.
Caption reads: "A. C. Co.'s tunnells and buildings, in ridge adjoining Copper Mountain, from opposite side of Landlock Bay Narrows, April 18, 1905." Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. G217.
Summary: Many of the photos were taken by Baldwin while he worked as a surveyor for the U.S. government on the Alaska-Canada boundary survey from Demarcation Bay on the Arctic Ocean to Mount St. Elias from 1907 to 1913. Also included are images of...
Image appears identical to a portion of panoramic image uaa-hmc-0166-b1-95-9-3-9-5. The caption for that image reads: "Panorama of the north slope of ridge of monument No. 5 across the headwater basin of Craig Creek. Shows the north contact of the...
Image appears identical to a portion of panoramic image uaa-hmc-0166-b1-95-9-4-9-6. Caption for that image reads: "Panorama of the north slope of ridge of monument No. 5 across the headwater basin of Craig Creek. Shows the north contact of the gray...