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Kiska Island, Alaska unloading supplies at the Southern Sector Command Post.

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Call NumberTMD-602CreatorUnited States. Army. Signal CorpsDateAug 16, 1943SummaryUnited States Army soldiers, members of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment , camp on the shore of a cove on Kiska Island, Alaska, after it was retaken by allied troops near the end of the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Tracked amphibious landing vehicles are parked near the waterline. Shows tents, a rocky beach, cliffs and bare hillsides. A truck and steam shovels are in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWorld War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations--Alaska--Kiska IslandWorld War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--Alaska--Kiska IslandKiska Island (Alaska)Camping--Alaska--Kiska IslandCliffs--Alaska--Kiska IslandCoastlines--Alaska--Kiska IslandIslands--Alaska--Kiska IslandSoldiers--American--Alaska--Kiska IslandTracked landing vehicles--American--Alaska--Kiska IslandUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in Collection10th Mountain Division Resource Center CollectionNotesAttribution and publication information stamped on verso. Title printed on verso of photographic print.

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Credit10th Mountain Division Resource Center, Denver Public Library, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes

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Kiska Island, Alaska unloading supplies at the Southern Sector Command Post.