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Photo shows unfinished interior of the Armory at Teller, as it was last Fall. Supervisors and Inspectors of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Western Alaska Residency are seen in the foreground – Jack Fisher, Bernard Sturgulewski, and Gus Steinwandel.

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A member of the Alaska National Guard Scouts at Shaktoolik, Alex Sookiayak, was employed as a carpenter during the construction of the Scouts’ new armory in the village. He is shown in front of the building which faces on the Bering Sea, picking up scraps of lumber and policing the area after the exterior of the building was completed.

Content Description From the Collection: Collection consists of 24 black and white photos of Eskimo National Guard members and construction of armories in the following Alaska villages: Alakanuk, Arctic Village, Hooper Bay, Koyuk, Noorvik, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, St. Michael, Teller, Unalakleet. Members of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Western Alaska Residency assisted members of the Alaska Eskimo Scouts Battalion in constructing 48 prefabricated metal buildings, which would serve as armories in remote northern Alaska...

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Sgt. Franklin Paniptchuk stands with his son in front of the original Armory in the Village of Shaktoolik. The armory built during World War II is now replaced by a new building erected last summer.

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The new Alaska Scout Armory in Shaktoolik is shown in the foreground. Some of the village can be seen on the right. The village is on a beach facing the Bering Sea.

Content Description From the Collection: Collection consists of 24 black and white photos of Eskimo National Guard members and construction of armories in the following Alaska villages: Alakanuk, Arctic Village, Hooper Bay, Koyuk, Noorvik, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, St. Michael, Teller, Unalakleet. Members of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Western Alaska Residency assisted members of the Alaska Eskimo Scouts Battalion in constructing 48 prefabricated metal buildings, which would serve as armories in remote northern Alaska...

Content Description From the Collection: Collection consists of 24 black and white photos of Eskimo National Guard members and construction of armories in the following Alaska villages: Alakanuk, Arctic Village, Hooper Bay, Koyuk, Noorvik, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, St. Michael, Teller, Unalakleet. Members of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Western Alaska Residency assisted members of the Alaska Eskimo Scouts Battalion in constructing 48 prefabricated metal buildings, which would serve as armories in remote northern Alaska...

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Major Orris F. Haynie, Western Alaska Resident Engineer is facing toward the camera. Others in the group are Fred Frakes, pilot ; Art Johnson, pilot ; and Gus Steinwandel, Arctic Construction Expert for the Alaska District.

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Major Orris F. Haynie, Western Alaska Resident Engineer for Alaska District, Corps of Engineers, right, is shown with Allan MacLean,foreman for Ramstad Construction Company, an Armory construction sub-contractor, during the inspection of a finished interior of an armory.

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Photo shows Lt. Wilfred P. Ryan of the Alaska National Guard Scouts, stationed at Unalakleet, signing the final acceptance papers for the new armory there. Bernard Sturgulewski, coordinator of construction for the Western Alaska Resident Engineer, holds a flashlight during the signing which took place after dark at the armor. The electric generator wasn’t operating at the time.