(5:56 min.) (01 of 12) Background and arrival in Alaska Auburn University--TVA heavy construction--B. B. Tally Construction quartermaster--Ladd Field construction Jan '41-- Four total projects Ladd Field, Ft. Richardson, Elmendorf and Yakutat &...
(6:33 min.) (05 of 12) Building bases and prep for Attu 30,000 men working total--civilian contractors did lots of work--DeLong--General Tally--Cold Bay task force to retake Attu--General Buckner--Alaska scouts--12,000 men in first two...
The highly anticipated "Vital Signs" television series launches on Alaska One and KUAC-TV. Alaska has been a leader in delivering high quality health care to its citizen, especially in rural and remote locations. Alaska's health professionals...
View of the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa from the dock at Latouche. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Yakutat residents meet the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "A ladder is used under favorable conditions." Personnel aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the...
Title taken from caption. Members of the expedition await the arrival of the launch from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. From May's journal, dated June 4th: "We were all digging away yesterday morning when we heard the Tally whistling....
Title taken from caption. Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa perform repairs on the ship's anchor hoist. From May's journal, dated June 15th: "Something has happened to the machinery that raises and lowers the anchors on the...
Title taken from caption. View of Aleš Hrdlička, Captain Noble G. Ricketts, and the Executive Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa traveling in a launch to the village of Nikolskoe on Bering Island. From May's journal, dated July...
Title taken from caption. Nikolai Antipov, a Russian officer, poses for a photograph while accompanying the members of the expedition from the village of Nikolskoye back to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. Photograph taken during the 1937...
Title taken from caption. View of Russian officials going back to shore after escorting the expedition party from the village of Nikolskoye back to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's...
Title taken from caption. View of inhabitants of the village of Nikolskoye on Bering Island taking leave of the expedition party returning to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's...