Soldiers stand near an Army vehicle on a snow-covered road overlooking a rocky beach. Aleutian Islands. 1942
Gift of the Hawkshead Family
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Photograph, landscapegraph. Soldiers stand near an Army vehicle on a snow-covered road overlooking a rocky beach. A vertical cliffside looms behind them. Calm water laps the shore. Personal caption: "12/42" written in ink at photo base; "12/42" and "L-81" written and "Passed by U.S. Base 1737 Army Examiner" stamped in blue ink on photo reverse. Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands. December 1942
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1942-12-
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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.
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Dutch Harbor
Latitude:
53.900
Longitude:
-166.517
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landscape photographs--Aleutian Islands
Beaches--Aleutian Islands