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Call NumberTMD351-2019-513Date1943SummarySeveral 10th Mountain Division soldiers stand, holding two planks strung with fish they recently caughtPhysical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 19 x 24 cm (7.5 x 9.5 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10thWorld War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Alaska--Aleutian IslandsFishing--Alaska--Kiska IslandGeographic AreaKiska (Alaska)Collection10th Mountain Division RecordsType of MaterialBlack & white photographsPhotographic printsGroup portraitsDigital Version Created FromTMD351, Box 3, FF16Original Material Found in Collection10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection; TMD351. 10th Mountain Division digitized photograph collectionNotesOn back of photograph: "Fishing detail "L" Company 87th from left to right: Wid Corn (KIA Italy), 1st man with helmet [Ernest] Marvin Elkins Steamboat Springs, Colo, Ski cap holding one end of fish 2nd Lt. Forbes J. Mack leader of the detail. Man with helmet and pipe in mouth S/Sgt [Donald W] Stuart my platoon Sgt Co "L" 3rd Platoon! We fished almost daily - hunting knives, rifles, hand grenades in small streams on the island! No hooks line or sinkers! for (2) weeks we ate Jap [sic] rice and fish"DonorMack, Forbes J.

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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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