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[Paul J. Madden operating cameras on target-towing ship] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman Paul J. Madden operating cameras on a target-towing ship, Alaska, circa 1942. Inscription on verso: "Alaska -- 1942 / M19."Caption on album page: "P.J.M. and camera used for recording gunnery practice. Picture taken on sea-going tug somewhere in the Aleutian Islands area 1942, when a member of the Pacific Fleet Camera Party."Part of a disassembled album…

[Servicemen working with capsized target sled] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen working with a capsized target sled, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, circa 1942-1943.Caption on envelope: "Aleutians -- aboard target towing destroyer / minesweep target sled capsized, 1942."Inscription on accompanying notecard: "Overturned target sled off Dutch harbor / 1943.

[Paul J. Madden operating cameras on target-towing ship] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman Paul J. Madden operating cameras on a target-towing ship, Alaska, circa 1942-1943.Inscription on verso: "P.J.M. operating cameras on target towing ship / 1943."

Americans landing on Attu Island (Item)

Photograph of American soldiers offloading from landing boats on a beach on Attu Island, Alaska, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "Americans landing on Attu Island. Landing boats line the beach as American troops and equipment are landed on the island of Attu in a U.S. Army and Navy mission to wrest control of the island from the Japanese. Twin landings were carried out by the U.S. forces…

Americans seize Japanese landing boat on Attu (Item)

Photograph of United States Army soldiers bringing a captured Japanese landing barge ashore on Attu Island, Alaska, May 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "Americans seize Japanese landing boat on Attu. The American flag flies from the stern of a captured Japanese landing barge, being brought ashore by U.S. soldiers during landing operations at Massacre Bay on Attu Island in the Aleutians. The…

Americans use Japanese fox holes on Attu (Item)

Photograph of American soldiers setting up tents over foxholes dug by Japanese forces, Attu Island, Alaska, circa 1943-1944. Landing boats and barges are visible along the shore.Typed caption glued to verso: "Americans use Japanese fox holes on Attu. American troops rig tents over shelter holes scooped out of the rugged shore of Holtz Bay, Attu, by Japanese, after U.S. forces landed to take…

U.S. Army column advances through snow-covered mountain pass to strike at Japanese on Attu (Item)

Aerial photograph of United States Army soldiers marching through a snowy mountain path on Attu Island, Alaska, circa 1943. A dotted line indicates their path of travel, and a cross symbol indicates the position of Japanese troops.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Army column advances through snow-covered mountain pass to strike Japanese on Attu. A column of U.S. soldiers, indicated by the solid…

[Dutch Harbor, Alaska] (Item)

Photograph of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 1942. Caption on envelope: "Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 1942."

[People hauling seaplane up ramp] (Item)

Photograph of people hauling an unidentified seaplane up a ramp, Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, 1940. Caption on envelope: "U.S. Navy Air Station, Kodiak, Alaska 1940 / US24 being hauled up seaplane ramp (about 2:30pm)."

[Paul J. Madden in snow-covered tree] (Item)

Photograph of Paul J. Madden in a snow-covered tree, Kodiak, Alaska, November 1942.Inscription on verso: "Nov. 42 / Kodiak."