Box PCA0430
Container
Contains 184 Results:
Taking notes on Japanese tools, pressure gage & fencing gear. A long bamboo club bound with leather goes with this outfit. The contestants beat each other down until one gives up. Kiska, 8/23/’43. No: 5624. Date: 23Aug1943. Unit: Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-80
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
A “booby trap”. Disarmed. The two cans contain sulphuric acid. Each has a wire leading into a 155mm shell. Shell projector removed and concrete poured in. When trip line tips acid into water in bottom half of square can electrolysis is set up. Could be wrong idea but personally didn’t care to experiment. Photo taken in bunk room of a tunnel – well furnished with heat, electricity and running water. Kiska, 8/23/’43. No: 5612. Date: 23Aug1943. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-81
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
View of small Japanese shrine found near quarters of men attached to A.A. Battery, South Head, Kiska, August 23, 1943. No: 5626. Date: -8Aug1943., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-82
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
Small Japanese shrine near quarters of men of A.A. Battery, South Head, Kiska. No: 5629. Date: 23Aug1943. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-82a
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
Tents and shelters were slow in being distributed. Soldiers constructed these small huts against the wind and dampness. The material came from wrecked Japanese bldg’s. Kiska, 8/23/43. No: 5590. Date: 23Aug1943. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-23
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-83
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-23
A prize souvenier is captured by members of the “Canadian Fuzeliers”. No: 5606. Date: 8/43. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-84
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08
Wrecked machinery was everywhere. Much of it intact. Kiska, Aug. 23, 1943. Building in upper center hanger. No: 5601. Date: 8/43. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-85
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08
Japanese installations, showing revetments and excellent camouflage, Little Kiska. Aug. 21, 1943. Close up of former Jap installations showing revetments and excellent camouflage, Little Kiska Island. No: 346-4. Date: 21Aug1943. Unit – Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-21
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-86
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-21
Amphibious craft emerging from the waters at Broad Beach, Kiska. Spit between West Kiska Lake and Bering Sea. No: 348-9. Date: 8-16-43. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-21
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-87
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-21
U.S. landing barges along side Jap ship (Charlie), Gertrude Cove, Kiska. No: 346-1. Date: 21Aug1943. Unit - Fleet Air Wing Four., 1943-08-21
Item — Box: PCA0430
Identifier: PCA0430-88
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...
Dates:
1943-08-21