Collection Name	San Francisco Call-Bulletin, Aleutian Islands Photographs, 1942-1948
Identifier	UAF-1970-11-15A
Title	Ready to pay daily calls on Kiska
Description	Title from verso . Photograph of planes ready to go on a bombing run on Kiska Island. Verso reads : "American war planes are all set to have a go at Japs [ Japanese ] on Kiska, only 63 miles away from them on this new landing field constructed on Amchitka Island. The Navy's announcement today of the January occupation of the rocky isle, in the Rat group, explains how Yank pilots have been able to keep up their continuous aerial attacks on Jap [ Japanese ] installations on Kiska. In air distance, 63 miles is just like running next door."
Creator	Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Subject.TGM	Military facilities Military mobilizations Military personnel War Soldiers Airplanes
Subject.LCSH	World War II World War, 1939-1945, Campaigns, Alaska
Corporate Name	United States. Army United States. Air Force
Location	Amchitka Island (Alaska)
Region	Western Alaska and Aleutian Islands
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date	5/7/1943
Type	Collection Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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Ready to pay daily calls on Kiska

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