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Abstract / Summary

The Armed Forces Radio in Sitka and Kodiak Oral History Project was begun in 1981. Its purpose was to document the history of the Sitka and Kodiak armed forces radio stations in order to add to the understanding of the relationship between the military and Alaska during the World War II period. The majority of the work on the project was done by Suzi McClear. The work consisted of conducting oral history interviews with people who had worked in the armed forces radio stations at Kodiak and particularly at Sitka. The project also involved transcribing tapes of interviews done earlier by soldiers stationed at Sitka, transcribing tapes of original armed forces radio broadcasts from Sitka, and gathering and correlating materials from the Federal Communications Commission and the Air Force Arctic Broadcasting Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base. The project was funded by the Sitka Historical Society, and the Alaska History Commission.

Field of Interest

Letters and Diaries

Content Type

Oral history

Format

Related Web resources

URL

https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/collections/specialcollections/hmc-1256/?highlight=Alaska%20Statehood%20Commission.%20Alaska%20Statehood%20Movement%20Oral%20History%20Project

Publisher

University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Elmer E. Rasmuson Library. Alaska and Polar Regions Collections

Place Published / Released

Alaska

Subject

Letters and Diaries, History, Daily Life, War and Conflict, Broadcasting, Geography, Armed forces, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, Alaska, Kodiak, AK, North America, Sitka, AK, United States

Keywords and Translated Subjects

United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos