WAUExcursionInletAKPH2022_001.xmlGuide to the Photographs of Excursion Inlet, Alaska approximately 1941 - 1943Excursion Inlet, Alaska PhotographsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries2022 (Last modified: 2/9/2022)

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University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH2022-001Photographs of Excursion Inlet, Alaskaapproximately 1941 - 19431 scrapbook with 32 photographs (1 folder)Collection materials are in English.Photographs of Excursion Inlet, Alaska during World War II

Excursion Inlet was originally a native village. During World War II it was used as a prisoner of war camp and a strategic base for the Aleutian Campaign. It was to be a logistics base for the Army's efforts to liberate the Aleutian Islands from their Japanese invaders. It also had a fishing cannery. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 12 people.

A partial scrapbook of photographs of Excursion Inlet, Alaska during World War II

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Source: Patricia Quanbeck, February 18, 2018

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