View of 4th of July parade in Anchorage, Alaska. A man marching with a drum leads a formation of soldiers with rifles over their shoulders. They are followed by a group of children and a man carrying an American flag while spectators look on....
Title from caption. Photograph of a wagonload of mukluks. The wagon bears the marking "no. 1" and appears to belong to Company E of the 30th Infantry. Two soldiers are on the wagon seat; a man standing in the street might be a soldier. A...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers clearing snow off a roof. Verso reads: "Soldiers at a U.S. Army base in the Aleutians do a little old-fashioned snow shoveling to clear important points after a williwaw (howling blizzard to you)...
Title taken from caption. "Harry Tyler, a bit player from Hollywood, touring the Aleutian[s] with the Allen Jenkins USO show, gave a few time-proven tips to amateurs Pvt. Ruth Faulkner, St. Louis, Mo.; Pvt. Bette Esgro, Denver Dol.; and Pvt....
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Title and caption taken from verso of UAF-1970-11-51, from which this image differs only slightly. Photograph of soldiers carrying ammunition from a protected position. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu...
View of 4th (Fourth) Avenue at A Street in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Armed soldiers stand on the street. Buildings, cars, a crane, stores and bars, electric lines and street lights are visible. Signs on stores on the...
View of Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. View includes soldiers, another person in the background, buildings, cars, and trucks. Sign on a post, near center, reads JC Penney Customer Parking Only. On the left, sign reads First...
View of damage to buildings in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Large, damaged building in center is tentatively the J.C. Penney Building. Soldiers stand on the right. Men, women and children are seen on the left. A truck is...
Title taken from front of photo H125. Panoramic view of Alaska Engineering Commission railroad terminal yards in Anchorage, Alaska, with Government Hill and Alaska Engineering cottages in right background and Knik Arm in left background. Buildings...
Photograph shows a large number of recently disembarked soldiers, standing on the railroad platform adjacent to the train. A series of flatbed cars carrying army trucks is visible in the background. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".
Title taken from accompanying note. "The arrival of the Army convoy to Valdez Ak., carrying rations, bedding, water and medical supplies following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64". Soldiers in bunny boots and warm hats stand and walk on a Valdez...
Photograph accompanying manuscript by William J. Betts, titled "Captain Castner of Chilkoot," which depict activities at Chilkoot Barracks in Haines From verso: Leaving camp for a training hike on snowshoes. It is snowing. The soldiers didn't...
American soldiers "in the thick of it" on Attu Ridge in May 1943. By the end of the month the battle of Attu ended with American victory and the invader was driven from American soil.
Following the war, U.S. Army forces in Alaska were primarily concerned with training. However, they rendered many services to the public in fighting forest fires, in search and rescue and medical aid. Soldiers from Fort Richardson guarded...
Signal Corps photo number SC 174201. Verso: Medics massage the legs and feet of 17 year old Pvt. Donald Lynch who was forced to remain in a water filled trench at the front for over twenty- four hours due to enemy fire. At the time this picture...