Japanese last stand
Collection Name
San Francisco Call-Bulletin, Aleutian Islands Photographs, 1942-1948
Identifier
UAF-1970-11-48
Title
Japanese last stand
Description
Title from verso : "Japs ' last stand " . Photograph of smoke rising from a small island (Kinnaw(sic)) after a bombing run . Verso reads : "Smoke rises from fires started by American air and ground forces on the small island of Kinnaw (sic) , off Chicagof Harbor , Attu , where the Japanese made their last stand . A U.S . Navy plane flew over the shell and bomb pocked hills to make this photo on May 31st . NY LON SA MX SJ #12 6/16/43 Credit line (official U . S . Navy photo from Acme) . W688586 " An error beginning with the U.S . Navy description has been identified by Glen Salter while doing research . The small island above listed as Kinnaw should be Kennon Island . Named after a Naval Lieutenant on the US Schooner Fenimore Cooper in 1854-55 .
Creator
United States. Navy
Subject.TGM
Bombings War damage Battlefields
Subject.LCSH
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands
Location
Attu Island (Alaska)
Region
Western Alaska and Aleutian Islands
Time Period
1939 to 1959
Date
6/16/1943
Type
Collection Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use
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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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