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Author Spennemann, Dirk R., author.

Title Silent sentinels : an illustrated history of the Japanese guns of the Kiska WWII battlefield (Aleutian Islands, Alaska) / text: Dirk HR Spennemann (Charles Sturt University, Australia) with contributions by Janet Clemens (NPS).

Publication Info. [Anchorage, AK] : U.S. National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, [2015?]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Archives Fed Docs  I 29.2:SE 1/2    ---  Available
Description 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 x 28 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "Based on the Kiska WWII guns condition and assessment reports"--Page [2] of cover.
"When the U.S. military recaptured Kiska in 1943, they discovered 105 heavy and medium guns left by the Japanese. These ranged from the larger guns emplaced for coastal defense, a range of anti-aircraft guns, of which the 75 mm was the most numerous, to assorted smaller artillery. A joint U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and US. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) gun condition assessment in 2007, examined nearly 30 guns, many still in their original locations"--Page [2] of cover.
"Photographs: historic photographs, unless otherwise noted, are courtesy of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Color photographs were taken by Dirk HR Spennemann in 2007"--Page [2] of cover.
"Support for this product was provided by the NPS-Alaska Regional 0ffice. This publication was also made possible with the kind support of the following individuals which is gratefully acknowledged: Debra Corbett (FWS, Anchorage); Bruce Greenwood (formerly NPS, Anchorage); Janis Kozlowski (NPS,Anchorage); Jeff Williams (FWS, Homer); and the crew of the FWS research vessel MV Tilˆax"--Page [2] of cover.
Subject Ordnance -- Campaigns -- Alaska -- Kiska Island.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Alaska -- Kiska Island.
Kiska Island (Alaska) -- History, Military.
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
Alaska -- Kiska Island. (OCoLC)fst01245303
Chronological Term 1939 - 1945
Genre/Form Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
Added Author Clemens, Janet.
United States. National Park Service, issuing body.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, issuing body.
United States. National Archives and Records Administration.
United States. National Park Service. Alaska Regional Office, publisher.
Cover Title Silent sentinels, the Japanese guns of the Kiska WWII battlefield
Gpo Item No. 0648
Sudoc No. I 29.2:SE 1/2

 
    
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