Title form verso partially obscured. Photograph of Kiska invasion command during a meeting to discuss the final plans. Verso reads: "American and Canadian troops have occupied Kiska, vast Japanese stronghold in the Aleutians, without...
Title from verso. Photograph of a .105-mm artillery piece and a crew serving it. Verso reads: "This 105-mm gun and its crew poured more than 2000 rounds of shells into Jap [ Japanese ] positions in the course of four days battling at...
Group photo of 179th Station Hospital personnel based at the Adak Army Air Field in the Aleutians, Alaska from 1943-1945. Original photograph size: 8 x 10 inch.
Technical sergeant "Mill" Plum holding a wheelbarrow filled with rock; two other servicemen look on. One is holding a shovel. Text on upper left of photo: "Aug 44". Verso: "Aug -44. One of my many side-lines up here. - Yes! I have a license to...
Technical Sergeant "Mill" Plum standing beside the door of a Quonset hut buried in snow. He was stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Original photograph size: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inch.
Two men standing beside World War II sign forbidding civilian photography, Fort Richardson, Alaska. Text of sign: "He likes your snapshots. Civilian cameras, binoculars & firearms forbidden on this reservation. Think before you snap." 1941-1945....
Aerial view of Seward, Alaska looking west from the opposite side of Resurrection Bay. Note that Lowell Creek has been diverted to the waterfall at far left. The Standard Oil storage tanks (at left) are painted as part of the World War II...
View of men with airplane on runway at Elmendorf Air field (later Elmendorf Air Force Base), Alaska during World War II, with roof of jeep in foreground and Chugach Mountains in background. 1942-1944. Original photograph size: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Round embroidered fabric patch. Design comprises a snarling polar bear head and gold star on blue field. This patch was in use by the Alaska Defense Command beginning in 1943. Object size: 2 1/2 inch diameter circle.
From a draft announcement: "The Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) Certificate pictured here is to be presented this year to all former members of the ATG who can be located, Governor Egan announced today. The ATG was formed in 1942 after the Alaska...
From verso: "Governor Ernest Gruening presents Eisenhower Trophy to men of Company D. Sitka, during battalion review of 208th Infantry Battalion, on Governor's Day at Juneau. Provost Marshal Lt. Verne Metcalf accompanies the governor."