Plane & men against the weather. Adak 1943
These are my grandfather's letters to my grandmother while serving in the US Army during WWII. New letters posted as long as they last (1942-1945). I also supplement with photos and songs from the period that relate to the letters as I find them.
Phone equipment on Kodiak, ca 1942.
Grave marker, Aleutian Islands, 1943.
U.S. Troops landing on Attu, Aleutians, 1943
Images from Alaska USO shows, Spring of 1943.
(Source: vilda.alaska.edu)
May 11, 1943: American invasion troops of the 7th Infantry Division approach a landing area code-named Beach Red in the western arm of Holtz Bay, on Japanese-occupied Attu island in Alaska. (AP Photo)
Buildings with a dog in the foreground in Adak, Alaska. Peter B. Segal Adak Photograph Collection, University of Alaska Faribanks Archives. #UAF-1998-185-5
This one reminds me of the letter in which Shorty said there was only one dog in camp and it belonged to a lieutenant.
View overlooking Adak Air Force Station. Peter B. Segal Adak Photograph Collection, University of Alaska Faribanks Archives. #UAF-1998-185-3
Portion of the military facility at Adak, Alaska. Peter B. Segal Adak Photograph Collection, University of Alaska Faribanks Archives. #UAF-1998-185-6
From the collection of Chuck Underwood, Omaha, NE. Shorty was probably not on Kodiak on Christmas, 1942, but in the same theater.
