U.S. Navy https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-battle-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/
#OTD in 1942 - U.S. territory - 2 Aleutian Islands, Attu and Kiska - taken by the Japanese
‘The ruins of a bombed ship at Dutch Harbor, [Amaknak Island] Alaska, on June 5, 1942.’
#WW2 #DutchHarborNavalBase #DutchHarbor #Alaska #Aleutians #blackandwhitephotography
U.S. Navy https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-battle-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/
‘Oil tanks, the SS Northwestern, a beached transport ship, and warehouses on fire after Japanese air raids in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on June 4, 1942.’
#WW2 #DutchHarborNavalBase #DutchHarbor #Alaska #Aleutians #blackandwhitephotography
U.S. Navy https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-battle-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/
‘U.S. soldiers fight a fire after an air raid by Japanese dive bombers on their base in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in June 1942.’
#WW2 #DutchHarborNavalBase #DutchHarbor #Alaska #Aleutians #blackandwhitephotography #firefighters
U.S. Navy https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-battle-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/
#OTD 3 #JUNE in 1942 - Japanese attack on U.S. territory in #Alaska, the #Aleutians
‘Bombing of [transport ship] SS Northwestern and oil tanks in #DutchHarbor, Alaska, by Japanese carrier-based aircraft on June 4, 1942.’
#WW2 #DutchHarborNavalBase #blackandwhitephotography
U.S. Navy https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-battle-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/
‘Defending Dutch Harbor, Alaska during the Japanese air attacks of June 3-4, 1942.’
#WW2 #DutchHarborNavalBase #FortMears #DutchHarbor #Alaska #Aleutians #blackandwhitephotography
‘U.S. forces watch a massive fireball rise above Dutch Harbor, Alaska after a Japanese air strike in June of 1942.’
#WW2 #DutchHarborNavalBase #FortMears #DutchHarbor #Alaska #Aleutians #blackandwhitephotography
U.S. Navy https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-battle-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/
in the water near Dutch Harbor, during the attack on June 4, 1942.’
#WW2 #DutchHarborNavalBase #FortMears #DutchHarbor #Alaska #Aleutians #blackandwhitephotography
