Collection Name	Vertical File Photograph Collections--Earthquakes Alaska Earthquake Archives Committee Collection
Identifier	UAF-1972-153-91
Title	Heavy Cargo
Description	Title from verso. Photograph of a Civil Defense team as they move cargo destined for aid and reconstruction after the 1964 earthquake and tsunami . Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- HEAVY CARGO -- Civil Defense members of the earthquake stricken community of Seward strain to shift some of the heavy cargo airlifted into the area by men and aircraft of Elmendorf's 5017th Operations Sq. Cargo began arriving by air only a few hours after the quake."
Creator	United States. Air Force
Subject.TGM	Earthquakes Natural disasters Tidal waves Civil defense Airplanes
Subject.LCSH	Tsunamis Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Location	Seward (Alaska)
Region	Southcentral Alaska
Time Period	1959 and later
Date	1964 - 04
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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Heavy Cargo

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