Uniformed soldier straddles two boards at construction site. Aleutian Islands. 1942
Gift of the Hawkshead Family
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Photograph. Uniformed soldier straddles two boards at construction site. Metal pipes and other construction materials litter the snow-covered ground. Site is located along a rocky cliffside. Personal caption: "12/42" written in ink at photo base; "Drilling rock to set dynamite sticks", "12/42" and "L-81" written on photo reverse. Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands. 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:
Construction equipment--Aleutian Islands
Mountains--Aleutian Islands