Alaskan Air Command photograph collection, 1927-1970s.

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Alaskan Air Command photograph collection, 1927-1970s.

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The Alaskan Air Command Photograph Collection consists of 99 Air Force related photographs taken in Alaska. Subjects include Ladd Field scenes, USO troupe shows, Shemya scenes, visiting dignitaries, Lend-Lease activities, Japanese and American military personnel, aircraft and rescue operations. Also found in the collection is a photograph album titled "Operations 'Rainbow' and 'Fish for Kids'," dated February 1956. It documents the efforts of the Alaska Air Command Wildlife Conservation Office, Elmendorf Air Force Base, to stock Lake Louise, Green Lake, Gregory Lake, and Six Mile Creek with rainbow trout.

0.80 cubic feet.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7293712

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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The United Service Organizations (USO) was incorporated in the state of New York on February 4, 1941, as a joint operation by the YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community Service, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler's Aid Association, and the Salvation Army, to provide religious, spiritual, social, welfare, educational, and entertainment services to men and women in the armed forces during World War II. The USO has continued to provide these services to the present. From t...

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