A dozen men take a break near heavy construction vehicles on the side of a graded roadway. Umnak. 1944
Gift of the Hawkshead Family
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Photograph. A dozen men take a break near heavy construction vehicles on the side of a graded roadway. Barren landscape in the distance. "7/29/44" written in black ink at photo base Umnak, Aleutian Islands. 29 July1944
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07/29/1944
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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:
Umnak Island
Latitude:
53.217
Longitude:
-168.417
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Construction equipment--Aleutian Islands
Road construction--Alaska