(6:24 min.) (07 of 12) Supplies from Massacre Bay Winched up ridge--Lt. Col Green--disposition of Japanese forces--Getting supplies up to engineer hill--Building a switch back road--each man going up carried K-rations, bullets or mortar...
A flight crew from the 77th Bombardier Squadron (Eleventh Air Force) stands beside a plane on the runway at Adak. Left to right: Weldon Preddy, Joe Fontaine, and Ken Wood. Marsden matting (steel interlocked plates) covers the ground. Original...
Accession Number: 98-1 Model: 4.2" Dahlgren projectile Descriptive Narrative: Explosive shell casing made of a steel (rusted); approx. 4" in diameter and 8.25" from end to end. One end is rounded, the other tapering. The rounded end has...
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
American and Canadian troops had by-passed the island of Kiska as they pressed on to Attu Island where the decisive action of the war in the Aleutians took place. Returning to take Kiska after the Battle of Attu they found that the Japanese forces...
Army man in leather jacket and stocking cap harvests radishes, peas, and other garden vegetables left behind by Japanese forces Photographer's number 5623
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Baker Engineers employee Glenn (probably last name) standing outside a log building in Galena. Sign on the building reads: "Galena Alaska Yukon River Los Angeles City Limits". Baker Engineers was under contract to the United States Army Air Forces...
Baker Engineers employees stand outside their construction camp mess hall in Galena. A sign on the building reads: "Const. Camp Mess Hall Michael Baker USED Army personnel only". Baker Engineers was under contract to the United States Army Forces...
Baker Engineers employees with survey equipment during construction of the runway at the Army Air Base in Galena. (L-R) Bobo, McBride, and Glenn. Baker Engineers was under contract with the United States Army Air Forces to construct a runway at...
Baker Engineers employees working on the Army Air Forces runway in Galena. Bright is hammering a peg into the ground, while (L-R) Inman and McBride look on. Baker Engineers was under contract to the United States Army Air Forces to construct a...