Operation Helping Hand - The Armed Forces React to Earthquake Disaster

• Main Authors: Elmendorf Air Force Base, R.J. Reeves
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1964
• Subjects: Kodiak; Valdez; Whittier; Anchorage, AK; Seward; Alaska State / Territory; Elmendorf Air Force Base; Operation Helping Hand; Recovery Plan; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; Cultural Resources; 1964; Earthquake; Historic Background Research; Reconnaissance / Survey; Site Evaluation / Testing; Anchorage; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6067/xcv8457989; https://core.tdar.org/document/457989/operation-helping-hand-the-armed-forces-react-to-earthquake-disaster

This report details the disaster recovery plan following the earthquake that affected Alaska on March 27, 1964. The earthquake was a disaster of major magnitude which seismologists claim to be the most devastating on record in North America. This plan was created to provide assistance to stricken communities and aid in their recovery.