Title from verso. Unloading a jeep from a landing craft. Verso reads: "A jeep noses its way shoreward from a snub-nosed landing barge. By occupying this island which is only about an hour's flying time from Japanese-occupied Kiska, the...
Title from verso. Men and equipment landing on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "Americans occupy island 63 miles from Kiska Amchitka Island, Aleutians--In the cold waters of Constantine Harbor, Yank landing boats head toward Amchitka...
Title from verso. Photo of men and equipment landing on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "As the first wave of landing boats sweeps in to the rocky beach on Amchitka, troops and cargo await transportation ashore. The U.S. landing on the...
Title from verso. Photograph of men in landing boats heading for Attu Island. Verso reads: "This photo, one of the first taken of the landing of U.S. troops on Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Attu island last May 11th, was taken by a navy...
Title from verso. Photograph of men and equipment landing 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 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 sailors on the beach around a stove, cooking a meal. A ski is upright in the left foreground. Verso reads with gaps in narrative due to missing text (gaps and indexer inferences in brackets). "A warm fire...
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. 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. 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. Highly doctored photograph of a U. S. Navy warship bombarding Attu Island. Original may have been overexposed and darkened for better visibility. Verso reads: "Confirmation that the big ones were in action came for the...
Title from verso. Retouched photograph of landing barges arriving on a beach on Kiska Island. Alterations of photograph appear to have been made to add contrast.
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 sealskin harvest barreled for transport on the USS Thuban, seen in the background. Verso reads: "Seven of 16. Precious Cargo -- In neatly spaced barrels, part of a four million dollar sealskin harvest...
Group of soldiers pose around a bar holding mugs. Tobacco products on a shelf above and behind the men are: Mail Pouch Tobacco, Prince Albert Tobacco, Old Mill Cigarettes, and Union Leader Plug Cut.
Title taken from caption. Photographer's number C20 Cataloger's note: This is a view of possibly the sea. As the title suggests, the size and motion of the waves indicate stormy weather. The extended wharf is clearly visible to the left.
Title taken from photograph.
Verso: Virginia Maru, of Mitsubishi Steamship Company, loading Ketchikan Spruce Mill's first export cargo to Japan at Ketchikan (2,340,000 Ft. BM), for account of Wrangell Lumber Company. The information above...