Barren Rat Island
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
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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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