Title from verso. U. S. soldiers clean up their mess kits after a meal in the Aleutian Islands. Verso reads: "Troops of the U. S. Occupation Force that took over an Island of the Andreanof Group in the Aleutian Chain clean their mess...
Title from verso. Military aircraft on Amchitka Island. Verso reads "Occupation of Amchitka Island in the Aleutians provides U.S. airmen with a base only 63 miles from Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Kiska and within 1700 miles of Tokyo. ...
Title from verso. Two men stand with tents along a ridge on Amchitka Island. Verso reads: "Silhouetted against leaden sea and sky, two American servicemen stand on the snow-covered ground of Amchitka Island occupied jointly by Army and...
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. Photograph of men carrying fence stakes for barb wire defenses. Verso reads: "U.S. soldiers who have just landed on the Aleutian Island 63 miles from Kiska, tote a mess of [unreadable] stakes for barbed wire...
Title from verso. Photograph of two men carrying equipment. Verso reads: "A tent pole makes a handy "hauler" as these Yanks lug their equipment across the barren soil of newly-occupied Amchitka. The men carried the where-with-all for...
Title from verso. Panoramic photograph of explosions just off shore during the attack of Dutch Harbor. Verso reads: "Here in one of the first offical Dutch Harbor bombing photos released by the U.S. Navy is shown a series of bomb...
Title from verso. Photograph of air raid on Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Verso Reads "Jap [ Japanese ] bombs fall harmlessly into the bay during a raid on Dutch Harbor, June 3-4. Jap [ Japanese ] bombardiers missed by a mile when they tried...
Title from verso. Photograph of the damage done during a Japanese air raid on Dutch Harbor. Verso reads: "Fuel tanks at Dutch Harbor are ablaze after being hit by Jap [ Japanese ] bombs during the attack there, June 3-4. Note Jap [...
Title from verso. Photograph of a building damaged during the bombing raid on Dutch Harbor. Verso reads: "All that remained of a 24-bed hospital at Unalaska after Japanese bombers struck June 4. Fortunately, all patients had been...
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 an American mop-up squad clearing a Japanese gun emplacement. Verso reads: "Moving forward cautiously, the American mop-up squad examines this Jap [ Japanese ] dougout [sic] with makeshift, tent-like...
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 machine gun position on Attu Island during the Aleutian Campaign. Verso reads: Washington D.C. -- This photo, one of the first taken of the landing of U.S. Troops on Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Attu...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers at the front of the advance against Japanese defenders. Verso reads: "Washington D.C. -- This photo, one of the first taken of the landing of U. S. troops on Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Attu Island...
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 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 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 crew operating a field artillery piece. Verso reads: "Attu -- Working swiftly, doughboys at left unpack "refills" for the field piece their buddies are firing on Japs during the battle of Attu. In...
Title from caption. Photograph of soldiers preparing to clear a gun emplacement on Attu Island, Alaska. Caption reads: "Ny 901 -- Two Jap [ Japanese ]soldiers were entrenched in this gun emplacement on the west arm of Holtz Bay, Attu. ...