Four servicemen in winter gear digging a trench for communication lines, possibly island of Attu, Alaska, 1943-1944

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Soldiers > American > Alaska; Protective clothing; Digging > Alaska; Military life > Alaska; World War; 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Alaska > Aleutian Islands; Cold weather clothing > Alaska > Aleutian Islands; Communications; Military; 1939-1945 > Communications > Alaska > Aleutian Islands; Kiska; Midway Island; Pacific; Attu; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/4553

Written on verso: Our communication gang out on a line. PH Coll 1098.1-8d During his service in World War II Tony Potoski served with the 591st Anti-Aircraft Artillery AW Battalion taking part in the initial landings on the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands of western Alaska. Tony se...