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LC-Lot-803-5: Allied Invasion of Kiska, August 15-24, August 1943

LC-Lot-803-5: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Invasion of Kiska, August 15-24, August 1943. Kiska Landing, August 15, 1943. Coordinating the job on the Kiska beach. Each member of the landing party with his specified job to do, the problem of occupying Kiska goes forward. Men in foreground (before megaphone) direct landing operations in this sector. Directly in front of them others load 105mm ammunition on tractor-trailer. This was the first day of the invasion, but Americans and Canadians had already extended a long earthen ramp into the water to help the leaders avoid underwater rocks. Photograph released August 28, 1943. 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. Kiska Landing, August 15, 1943. Coordinating the job on the Kiska beach. Each member of the landing party with his specified job to do, the problem of occupying Kiska goes forward. Men in foreground (before megaphone) direct landing operations in this sector. Directly in front of them others load 105mm ammunition on tractor-trailer. This was the first day of the invasion, but Americans and Canadians had already extended a long earthen ramp into the water to help the leaders avoid underwater rocks. Photograph released August 28, 1943. U.S. Navy photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2015/11/06).
Accession #: LC-Lot-803-5
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