[Mg] Simon Bolivar Buckner, was commanding general of the Alaska Defense Command when war broke out at air base headquarters on Amchitka Island in May 1944. General Buckner first commanded the Alaska Defense Command as a colonel in July 1940. That...
"Thompson with oar, Larson rowing, Norwood taking it easy. A memorable trip, in a small boat, following the ice breakup on the Yukon River. Lake LaBarge was still frozen we pulled the boat on a crude sled over the ice. We were commanded by the...
Accession Number: 81-3-3 Descriptive Narrative: Bronze medal. Octagonal shape (oblong with corners cut). Bust of man in military uniform on one side, sailing vessel and Russian inscription on reverse. Notes: Bronze medal issued by...
An aerial view of downtown Anchorage. Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took...
Ocha Potter, age 20. "In the early spring of 1898 came rumors of war with Spain. Soon war was declared. My father and grandfather had been Civil War veterans. An earlier ancestor had been an officer with George Washington's staff. Another had...
Relief shown pictorially. Mounted on paper. Chart of the Pacific Coast including Vancouver Island, Juan de Fuca strait, and the mouth of the Columbia River, showing tracks of Vancouver's voyage. "In which the continental shore traced and...
Relief shown pictorially. Mounted on paper. Chart of the Pacific Coast including Vancouver Island, Juan de Fuca strait, and the mouth of the Columbia River, showing tracks of Vancouver's voyage. "In which the continental shore traced and...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note.
Aerial view of Kodiak, Alaska, following the Alaska Earthquake and tidal wave 3/27/64. Many buildings are destroyed, and at least three boats are thrown ashore. A business sign on the...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] --Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon (Reconnaissance) -- Two U. S. Air Force B 58 "Hustler" aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] --Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U.S. Air Force B 58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ AAC -- Mass Destruction -- Many small boats from the Seward dock area paid an unexpected visit to the Alaskan Railroad yards during the Good Friday earthquake. Here the area is shown littered with the remains...
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquaters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U.S. Air Force B 58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
Title taken from caption. "9206 -- (23) In 1897 Dr. J. Jones commanded a lucrative practice in Evanston, Ill., and Mr. G. B.Winter was one of the successful grocers of the same city. About this time the instigator and promoter of Klondike Gold...