Arthur Kaufman photograph collection [graphic], 1940-1955.

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Arthur Kaufman photograph collection [graphic], 1940-1955.

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The images document Captain Kaufman's life as an Air Force pilot during the 1940's in Alaska and Europe. Some of the images may have been taken after he left the service. Images include the 73rd Bombing Squadron leaving Seattle, March 1941, snowshoeing, military aircraft and pilots, military life, airborne infantrymen, "Dottie" (airplane), Anchorage, Annette Island, Atka Island, Mt. Shishaldin, France, Switzerland. Kaufman captioned most of the images in the scrapbook and identified most individuals.

234 photographs : b&w.

Alaska State Library

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Kaufman, Art

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Arthur Kaufman was born in San Francisco June 10, 1919. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II as a pilot in the Aleutian Islands. After WWII, he attended the University of Geneva and learned to speak fluent French. Kaufman was a bachelor and spent most of his life in the military. He died in the Veterans Home (for military) of California in Yountville, September 1989 from Lou Gehrig's disease. From the description of Arthur Kaufman photograph collection [graphi...

United States. Air Force

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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...