Collection Name	San Francisco Call-Bulletin, Aleutian Islands Photographs, 1942-1948
Identifier	UAF-1970-11-75
Title	Barren Rat Island
Description	Title from verso Photograph of Japanese camp in Aleutian Islands. Identification as Rat Island is wrong or the location of this island in Kiska Harbor is wrong. The island in Kiska Harbor is known as Little Kiska Island. Verso reads : "On barren Rat Island, in Kiska Harbor, the Japs have set up this camp. It has become one of the targets of the U.S. Air Force, which has been constantly pounding Nipponese bases in the Aleutians . W 684782 FL Credit (Official Army Photo-Acme) 5/11/43 (WS)"
Creator	Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) United States. Army
Subject.TGM	Military facilities War Islands
Location	Kiska Island (Alaska)
Region	Western Alaska and Aleutian Islands
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date	5/11/1943
Type	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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Barren Rat Island

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