Soldiers and officers of the 75th Coast Artillery of the U.S. Army board Army Transport Ship St Miheil in Seattle, Washington. Soldiers walk on gang plank of troop transport ship carrying barracks bags. Artillery and weapons aboard the ship to bolster the outpost American forces in Alaska. The soldiers and officers on the troop ship wave hands toward girlfriends and wives standing at the dock. Women at the dock bid goodbye to the soldiers. (World War II period).
U.S. President Richard Nixon signs S-1081 Trans-Alaska Pipeline Bill at the Oval Office in the White House, Washington DC. Secretaries and other officials stand by President while he talks to them. Nixon signs the bill and speaks to his assistants. Some of his assistants smile on his comments.
U.S. troops leave for Alaska from Seattle, Washington during World War II. U.S. soldiers and officers at a port. The soldiers embark onto a ship named 'St. Mihiel'. Troops and equipment aboard the ship. Soldiers aboard the ship wave. Women and children at the port also wave back.
Stunt by Alaska gold miner Jack Loreen, as he remains "buried alive" in a coffin underground for 64 days and one hour in Chicago, Illinois. A crowd seated around a grave with a sign which reads 'Here Lies Jack Loreen'. A man starts to dig the grave to retrieve Loreen. Jack Loreen as seen from a see-through air shaft. The man digs deeper. A coffin is hoisted out of the grave. The crowd surrounds Jack Loreen as he emerges from the coffin. Jack Loreen poses with his family including wife and children.
A walrus caught from the coasts of Alaska weighing 400 pounds in San Diego United States. Man with milk bottle milking walrus. Walrus crawls towards the shower to cool down its body temperature. Man showers water over walrus body with the help of a water shower.
The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat during World War 2. Submarine cables laid down by the Signal Corps. Soldiers operate field army communication equipment for communication within and between units. Soldiers talk over the radio in a military jeep. American soldiers employ communication equipment seated at a table in a camp. A U.S. Army Signal Officer goes through documents. An officer receives a message in Washington DC. The message is relayed from the State Department to the Signal Center in the Pentagon building. Exterior views of the Pentagon building circa 1943 or 1944. Inside the Army Communications Signal Center in the Pentagon, technicians work using various communication equipment. They receive messages punched on tape as the tapes emerge from machines. Workers encoding and decoding secret and confidential messages that run the war. Workers at the 'Traffic Control, Army Command and Administrative System'. Paper messages seen gliding across a track near the ceiling above a signboard. A man inserts and removes cables from switchboard slots. The plans are then passed on in code through a maze of antennas all over the world. An animated map depicts the sending of these messages by radio multi-channels, radio teletypes, and manual radios to the front lines. A vast network of Army communication system from Washington DC to the rest of the world to carry a message around the world in three and a half minutes.
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