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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 2Three 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 2Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol aircraft of Bombing Squadron VB-139 returning to Attu was forced down due to low fuel and landed on a frozen lake, Agattu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 30 Dec 1943. No injuries.Gilmore off Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, circa 1944
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 2Three 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 2Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol aircraft of Bombing Squadron VB-139 returning to Attu was forced down due to low fuel and landed on a frozen lake, Agattu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 30 Dec 1943. No injuries.Gilmore off Aleutian Islands, US Territory of Alaska, circa 1944
USS Doherty at Kiska, US Territory of Alaska, circa 1944Commodore Leslie Gehres standing at attention while Vice Admiral Jack Fletcher presents him with the Legion of Merit award, Adak, Alaska, 19 Jan 1944. Photo 1 of 2.Commodore Leslie Gehres standing at attention while Vice Admiral Jack Fletcher presents him with the Legion of Merit award, Adak, Alaska, 19 Jan 1944. Photo 2 of 2.Members of the USAAF 54th Fighter Squadron with some Army nurses at Attu Island, 1943-44. Note P-38 Lightning aircraft.
USS Doherty at Kiska, US Territory of Alaska, circa 1944Commodore Leslie Gehres standing at attention while Vice Admiral Jack Fletcher presents him with the Legion of Merit award, Adak, Alaska, 19 Jan 1944. Photo 1 of 2.Commodore Leslie Gehres standing at attention while Vice Admiral Jack Fletcher presents him with the Legion of Merit award, Adak, Alaska, 19 Jan 1944. Photo 2 of 2.Members of the USAAF 54th Fighter Squadron with some Army nurses at Attu Island, 1943-44. Note P-38 Lightning aircraft.
A US Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber of Bombing Squadron VB-136 in flight over Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1944US Navy Commodore Leslie Gehres, commander of Fleet Air Wing 4 in the Aleutians (with his back to the PBY Catalina airplane), making introductions of newly arriving officers at Attu, Alaska, 1944.Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-73 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-74 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.
A US Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber of Bombing Squadron VB-136 in flight over Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1944US Navy Commodore Leslie Gehres, commander of Fleet Air Wing 4 in the Aleutians (with his back to the PBY Catalina airplane), making introductions of newly arriving officers at Attu, Alaska, 1944.Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-73 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-74 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.
Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-75 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.A PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 1 of 2A PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 2 of 2Commodore Leslie Gehres inspecting a PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. Note the Marsden Matting runway surface
Higgins 78-foot torpedo boat PT-75 in Womens Bay, Kodiak, Alaska, 12 May 1944.A PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 1 of 2A PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. This aircraft’s hydraulics were shot out by a Japanese gunboat off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo 2 of 2Commodore Leslie Gehres inspecting a PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron VB-139 after a belly landing on Attu Island, Alaska, 18 May 1944. Note the Marsden Matting runway surface
Ground Crewmen with Bombing Squadron 139 posing with their squadron mascot in front of the tail section of a PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber on Attu Island, Alaska, 4 Jun 1944. Note the Marsden mat surface.President Franklin Roosevelt’s dog Fala on the deck of the destroyer USS Cummings as the ship transported the President through Alaska’s Inside Passage, Aug 1944.A US Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber of Bombing Squadron VB-136 taking off from Attu, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Nov 1944PV-1 Ventura with Fleet Air Wing 4 being refueled at Attu, Aleutians, Alaska, 15 Feb 1945. The crewman is Aviation Machinists Mate-3rd class J.W. Waitaneke.
Ground Crewmen with Bombing Squadron 139 posing with their squadron mascot in front of the tail section of a PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber on Attu Island, Alaska, 4 Jun 1944. Note the Marsden mat surface.President Franklin Roosevelt’s dog Fala on the deck of the destroyer USS Cummings as the ship transported the President through Alaska’s Inside Passage, Aug 1944.A US Navy PV-1 Ventura patrol bomber of Bombing Squadron VB-136 taking off from Attu, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Nov 1944PV-1 Ventura with Fleet Air Wing 4 being refueled at Attu, Aleutians, Alaska, 15 Feb 1945. The crewman is Aviation Machinists Mate-3rd class J.W. Waitaneke.

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