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LC-Lot-803-3: Allied Invasion of Kiska, August 15-24, August 1943

LC-Lot-803-3: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Invasion of Kiska, August 15-24, August 1943. American and Canadian military leaders in the North Pacific are shown here holding a final conference at the Aleutian headquarters of Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, Commander, North Pacific Force, before the Allied landing on Kiska, August 15, 1943. Seated around the table in Admiral Kinkaid’s headquarters are, (left to right): Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell, USN, Commander, Pacific Amphibious Forces; Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN, Commander, North Pacific; Major General G.H. Corlett, USA; Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner, USA; Commanding General, Eleventh Air Force; Major General G.R. Parkes, RCA, General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, Canadian Pacific Command. Standing, (left to right): An unidentified Army officer; Commander R.K. Dennison, USN, Chief of Staff to Rear Admiral Rockwell; Captain O.S. Colclough, USN, Chief of Staff to Vice Admiral Kinkaid ; Colonel Carl T. Jones, AUS, Chief of Staff to Major General Corlett; Brigadier General J.L. Ready, USA, and Brigadier General E.D. Post, AUS, Chief of Staff to General Buckner. U.S. Navy photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).

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Caption: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Invasion of Kiska, August 15-24, August 1943. American and Canadian military leaders in the North Pacific are shown here holding a final conference at the Aleutian headquarters of Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, Commander, North Pacific Force, before the Allied landing on Kiska, August 15, 1943. Seated around the table in Admiral Kinkaid’s headquarters are, (left to right): Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell, USN, Commander, Pacific Amphibious Forces; Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN, Commander, North Pacific; Major General G.H. Corlett, USA; Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner, USA; Commanding General, Eleventh Air Force; Major General G.R. Parkes, RCA, General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, Canadian Pacific Command. Standing, (left to right): An unidentified Army officer; Commander R.K. Dennison, USN, Chief of Staff to Rear Admiral Rockwell; Captain O.S. Colclough, USN, Chief of Staff to Vice Admiral Kinkaid ; Colonel Carl T. Jones, AUS, Chief of Staff to Major General Corlett; Brigadier General J.L. Ready, USA, and Brigadier General E.D. Post, AUS, Chief of Staff to General Buckner. U.S. Navy photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).

Accession #: LC-Lot-803-3