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| Keywords: outdoor Lot-803-9: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Landing on Kiska Island, August 15, 1943. First photographs, landing operations, Kiska, August 15, 1943. This remarkable photograph was taken by a US Navy Vega PV-1 “Ventura”, a patrol bomber operating as part of the air cover for the task force. United States and Canadian troops swarming ashore from landing barges on a stretch of beach along the northwest coast of Kiska. The man can be seen moving up the hillside like ants. At this time, they did not know whether the Japanese were “playing possum” or not. The barges are the familiar LCTs, LCMs, and LCPs, which were also used in the Attu and Sicily Campaigns. U.S. Navy photograph, released August 23, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/06). Lot-803-9: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Landing on Kiska Island, August 15, 1943. First photographs, landing operations, Kiska, August 15, 1943. This remarkable photograph was taken by a US Navy Vega PV-1 “Ventura”, a patrol bomber operating as part of the air cover for the task force. United States and Canadian troops swarming ashore from landing barges on a stretch of beach along the northwest coast of Kiska. The man can be seen moving up the hillside like ants. At this time, they did not know whether the Japanese were “playing possum” or not. The barges are the familiar LCTs, LCMs, and LCPs, which were also used in the Attu and Sicily Campaigns. U.S. Navy photograph, released August 23, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/06). | ||||
