Accession Number: 96-26 Descriptive Narrative: Paper cut-out in the shape of a paulownia leaf, printed in gold, black and green. Background printed on each side is a photographic reproduction of a leaf in gold and black. In the center is a...
Title from verso. Photograph of a grounded and burning ship after a raid on Dutch Harbor during World War II. Verso reads: "The battered SS Northwestern continued to smoke long after the Jap [ Japanese ] raiders left Dutch Harbor. The...
(3:41 min.) (01 of 24) 01 Early life & family history Raised in Baltimore, MD. Life was tough so he went to sea. Traveled the world. Went to West coast because heard might make more money. In 1934, started with Alaska Steamship Co. ...
Title taken from verso. Note on verso (no date): The Jesse Lee Home, Seward, Alaska, a Methodist orphanage, still carries the camouflage paint which was applied during World War II when this area was believed to be in danger of attack by the...
One of the U.S. Navy's first class of fast, light cruisers, the CL-10 U.S.S. CONCORD was commissioned November 1923; during World War II, she joined the Northern Pacific Force and was decommissioned December 1945
Image of men on the beach of one of the Andreanof Islands. Caption reads: "Troops occupy Andreanof Island Group in Aleutians, 125 miles east of Jap-held [ Japanese held] Kiska. Here troops reach the beach and make off into the hills to set up...
Title from verso. Photograph of troops U. S. Army troops landing on the beach of one of the Aleutian Islands. Verso reads: United States Army Troops with Navy support have occupied the Andreanof Island Group in the Aleutians, only 125...
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 caption. Men, equipment and supplies land on the beach of one of the islands in the Andreanof Island group in the Aleutian Islands. Caption reads: "U. S. Army Troops occupy Andreanof Island group on Aleutians, only 125 miles...
Title from verso. Landing vehicles deliver equipment and supplies for the occupational forces in the Andreanof Group. Verso reads: "Supplies for fighting men and machines. Bales and crates of assorted war materials for the U. S. troops...
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. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
Title from verso. Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field...
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...