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Keywords: Lot-803-23: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Landing on Kiska Island, August 15, 1943. Planning for the Kiska Expedition. American and Canadian military leaders in the North Pacific are shown holding a final conference at the Aleutian headquarters of Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, Commander, North Pacific Force, before the Allied landing on Kiska, August 15, 1943. A map of Kiska on the wall behind them, these Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Canadian officers discuss plans for the initial Allied landing on the last Japanese-held Aleutian island. Left to right: Major General J. G. Murchie, RCA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Pacific Command; Commodore L.E. Gehres, USN, Commander of an Aleutian Air Wing; Major General H.M. Smith, USMC, Commander Amphibious Corps; Brigadier General J.W. Barnett, USA, Chief of Staff to General DeWitt; and Lieutenant General J.L. Dewitt, USA, Commanding General, Western Defense Command. Photograph released, August 23, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/06). Lot-803-23: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Allied Landing on Kiska Island, August 15, 1943. Planning for the Kiska Expedition. American and Canadian military leaders in the North Pacific are shown holding a final conference at the Aleutian headquarters of Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, Commander, North Pacific Force, before the Allied landing on Kiska, August 15, 1943. A map of Kiska on the wall behind them, these Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Canadian officers discuss plans for the initial Allied landing on the last Japanese-held Aleutian island. Left to right: Major General J. G. Murchie, RCA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Pacific Command; Commodore L.E. Gehres, USN, Commander of an Aleutian Air Wing; Major General H.M. Smith, USMC, Commander Amphibious Corps; Brigadier General J.W. Barnett, USA, Chief of Staff to General DeWitt; and Lieutenant General J.L. Dewitt, USA, Commanding General, Western Defense Command. Photograph released, August 23, 1943. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/06).
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