Parked Jeep in foreground with camp buildings in the middle distance and snow-covered mountains in the far distance. Adak Island. 1943
Gift of the Hawkshead Family
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Photograph, landscape. Parked Jeep and pile of wooden planks in foreground with camp buildings in the middle distance and snow-covered mountains in the far distance. Personal caption: "Adak" and "'43" written in black ink on photo base; "Camp area on arrival on island" written in black ink, "L-81" written in pencil, and "Passed by Base 1737 Army Examiner" stamped in blue ink on photo reverse. Adak Island, Aleutian Islands. 1943
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1943
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John Jay Hawkshead, Jr. was born on 2 January 1918 in New Orleans, Louisiana to John Jay Hawshead, Sr. (worked for Andrew Higgins as an accountant) and Corinne Morris Hawkshead in the Carrolton Neighborhood. John enlisted in the U.S. Army and served with the 349th Engineers in the PTO. Hawkshead served as a photographer with the 349th and was at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey; Dutch Harbor; Attu; Umnak; Adak; and Okinawa. During his service Hawkshead attained the rank of staff sergeant. Mr. Hawkshead passed away on 28 October 2008.
The collection consists of over 300 photographs taken by Hawkshead during his service in the Aleutian Islands (Attu, Umnak, Adak, and Dutch Harbor) as well as on Okinawa.
Geography:
Adak
Latitude:
51.867
Longitude:
-176.650
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landscape photographs--Aleutian Islands
Military camps--American