Unit Scrapbooks and Histories

Men in the same unit -- such as the 344th Fighter Squadron pictured here -- developed strategic plans and bonds with each other as a result of carrying out group missions.

NPS Photo / Daves Collection

 

The military is broken into many groups and sub-groups. Units and squadrons contain groups of soldiers working with similar tools to accomplish a group mission. Many squadrons of the Aleutian Theater carried out their missions, some of which were critical to the outcome of World War II. Learn more about these groups of servicemen in their own words through the unit histories and scrapbooks below.

 

Unit Histories

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  54th Troop Carrier Squadron

  The 54th Troop Carrier Squadron was in service from 1942 to1949, operating out of Elmendorf Field Air Force Base in Anchorage.

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  54th Fighter Squadron

  First operating in September 1943, the 54th Fighter Squadron carried out missions in Kiska and Attu.

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  73rd Bombardment Squadron

  The 73rd Bombardment Squadron first participated in an attack during the bombing of Dutch Harbor and later carried out other missions.

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  Patrol Bombing Squadron 139 (VP-139)

  This Navy Patrol Squadron made a mark on history with its dangerous patrols and bombing missions from Attu to the Japanese Kurile Islands.

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  77th Bomb Squadron

  The 77th Bomb Squadron served throughout the war in the Aleutians with operations on Attu, Adak, Amchitka and Umnak Islands.