Evan Hill photograph collection [graphic] : Alaska National Guard activities, World War II, ca. 1930-1945.

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Evan Hill photograph collection [graphic] : Alaska National Guard activities, World War II, ca. 1930-1945.

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The mostly 2 x 3 in. black and white images show Evan Hill and his friends (both soldiers and civilians) in Company "A" and "C" during the years of World War II, early 1940's, in Haines (Chilkoot Barracks), Skagway, Moses Point, Dutch Harbor, Fairbanks, St. Paul Island, Klukwan and Carcross B.C. Images include military camp scenes, officers and officers' quarters, reindeer herds, roads, Eskimos, sealing, Eskimo dancing and singing, and other unidentified people and places. The collection also includes 2 hand-drawn maps of St. Paul Island, one on linen and the other paper. An issue of Yank Magazine, Dec. 1943, containing the article, "Attu's Oldest Newspaper," by Cpl. Larry McManus, is included.

2 sound cassettes.

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7761003

Alaska State Library

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Hill, Evans.

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Evan Hill was a newspaper reporter at the Daily Alaska Empire before entering the Alaska National Guard in 1941. His first assignment was "A" Company at the Chilkoot Barracks in Haines. In 1942, Hill transferred to "C" Company and served one month at Moses Point. By 1942, the Company served a one-year tour on the Pribilof Islands. In 1943, Hill was transferred to Dutch Harbor and later Fairbanks. In 1944, he was stationed in California for several months before volunteering for combat duty in Eu...

Alaska. National Guard

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