Photos Taken in Alaska | World War II Database

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B-24 bombing photo of Holtz Bay, Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 7 Nov 1942; note A6M2-N floatplanes	Destroyer USS Bailey underway in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 12 Dec 1942. Note the ship’s early modified Measure 12 paint scheme.	A Jeep loaded with radio and telephone equipment being used as a forward command post for a US Army artillery division, Territory of Alaska, 1943	Japanese officers at the Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, circa 1942-1943

US Navy personnel freeing a PBY-5A Catalina aircraft from frozen waters in the Aleutian Islands at Kodiak Bay, US Territory of Alaska, May 1942-Jan 1943	Lt Herb Hasenfus of the 54th Fighter Squadron standing in the cockpit of his P-38 Lightning during engine run-up at Adak, Alaska, Mar 1943. Note the artwork on the engine cowls.	USS Salt Lake City at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, 29 Mar 1943, three days after participating in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Note the marks on her side, possibly from ice damage.	USS San Francisco in Kulak Bay, Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 25 Apr 1943

Japanese Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun and crew on Attu, US Territory of Alaska, May 1943	Japanese Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun in exercise, Attu, US Territory of Alaska, May 1943	American troops at Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, 11 May 1943	USS Pennsylvania’s #4 main battery seen from under the wing of an OS2U Kingfisher catapult scout plane as the battleship is preparing for the bombardment of Attu Island in the Aleutians, 11 May 1943.

US Army soldiers unloading LCPR and LCM type landing craft on the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian islands, 12 May 1943; note military policemen on right side of photo	American soldiers unloading landing craft on the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, 13 May 1943	Higgins 78-foot torpedo boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13 (MTBRon 13) moored in Attu, Alaska, Jul 943. Note PT-75 and PT-78 nested outboard of their squadron-mate and PBY Catalina patrol plane taking off.	P-40 Warhawk fighters of the 18th Fighter Squadron escorting B-24 Liberator bombers of the 21st Bomb Squadron over the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Jul 1943.

American ships in Adak Harbor, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, Aug 1943	US Navy PV-1 Ventura aircraft of Bombing Squadron VB-135 and PBY-5A Catalina from another squadron at the Adak Island airfield, Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, summer 1943	Three Japanese Type A-class midget submarines wrecked by demolition charges, at a former Japanese base on Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, 7 Sep 1943, photo 1 of 2	Three Japanese Type A-class midget submarines wrecked by demolition charges, at a former Japanese base on Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, 7 Sep 1943, photo 2 of 2