Title from verso. Photograph of a Japanese graveyard on Attu Island. Verso reads: "An American doughboy looks at a tiny Japanese graveyard found on Attu when he reached the west arm of Holtz Valley after a drive over the mountains to...
Title from verso. Photograph of a Japanese graveyard on Attu Island. Verso reads: "An American doughboy looks at a tiny Japanese graveyard found on Attu when he reached the west arm of Holtz Valley after a drive over the mountains to...
(3:55 min.) (03 of 24) 03 Worked for Alaska Steamship Co. during WWII Laid cable for Alaska Communication System [ACS]. Worked on a troop transport (possibly the Chinook Victory). Delivered soldiers to and from Truck Island; the ship...
Title from indexer. A man looks on from the deck of the Cape Victory, an Alaska Steamship Company vessel, which was regularly contracted to do transport work for canneries. Pier 42, pictured here, was a major transportation hub for travel to...
Title taken from caption. "Copyright, 1897, By Keppler & Schwarzmann J. Ottmann Lith. [Lithography] Co. Puck Building New York". This color cartoon drawing/poster captures a large man towering over a mining site while digging and seemingly...
"Victory Maid, Kodiak Ak. following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal wave 3/27/64". A close-up shot of 'Victory Maid' submerged in water and lying on its side.
Title taken from sign in photo. This photo captures a military facility. A large sign in the center of the room is in full view and reads: "Transient service information. Billet assigned here. Orders taken for in-flight lunches Other smaller...
Title taken from caption. View of the main street in Kodiak. A bicyclist rides along the dirt road and a female pedestrian walks alongside the road. Several trucks and cars are parked along the street. Two business signs are visible: "Harry Pinch?...
Fourth of July Parade on Fourth Avenue between E and F Streets, Anchorage, Alaska, with buildings shown on the north side of the street. Businesses shown include The Gitchell, Lee's Men's Wear, Food Center, Ship Creek Market, Dr. L.W. Hines,...
Title from verso. In 1942, Sascha Brastoff (1918 - 1993, born Samuel Brostofsky) enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was assigned first as a designer and then as a performer to the Air Force show “Winged Victory.” He created and impersonated...
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TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD QUOTE THE LAY OF FINAL VICTORY HAS AT LAST ARRIVED X JAPAN HAS SURRENDERED X HER FLEET WHICH ONCE...
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.