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Allies in wartime : the Alaska-Siberia airway during World War II
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- Creator
- edited by Alexander B. Dolitsky
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Juneau, Alaska : Alaska-Siberia Research Center, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xi, 144 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780965389167, 0965389162
- OCLC
- ocn166147448
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index.
- Preface I by Alexander B. Dolitsky -- Preface II by Wallace M. Olson -- Foreword by Robert Huber -- Introduction by Jeffry W. Hahn -- The Alaska-Siberia airway : from the home front to the front lines -- The Alaska-Siberia lend-lease program during World War II / Alexander B. Dolitsky -- The Northwest route to Alaska / Blake W. Smith -- Alaska-Siberia : the route of courage and friendship / Ivan E. Negenblya -- Women aviators during World War II and on the Alaska-Siberia airway / Miriam J. Lancaster -- Celebrating the home front in Fairbanks -- The World War II Alaska-Siberia lend-lease memorial / Alexander B. Dolitsky and William G. Ruddy -- Executive proclamation / Frank H. Murkowski -- Do the people want a war? / Canada's role in the Alaska-Siberia airway / Karen Matthias -- The World War II lend-lease memorial is a tribute to "The Greatest Generation" / Yuri V. Ushakov -- We flew in the same sky / Alaska's role in world peace / Loren Leman -- History of the Alaska-Siberia lend-lease airway / Gary Wilken -- The ALSIB memorial honors "The Greatest Generation" of World War II / Ted Stevens -- The ALSIB agreement is testament to the cooperation and unity of our nations / Rick Findley -- "Give us the tools and we will finish the job" / Peter Broom -- Allied solidarity was instrumental in changing the outcome of the war, and the course of history / Frederic Desagneaux -- The ALSIB airway experience of cooperation is the most vivid lesson for defenders of peace, freedom, and independence / Sergei B. Ivanov -- Clarity, unity, resolve, and courage is the answer to the new dangers / Donald H. Rumsfeld -- In memory of "The Greatest Generation" / John Binkley -- Selected bibliography -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations -- Appendix -- Index
Subjects
- Lend-lease operations (1941-1945) -- History.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Soviet.
- Air pilots -- Monuments -- Alaska -- Fairbanks.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Monuments -- Alaska -- Fairbanks.
- Air bases -- Alaska -- Fairbanks -- History.
- Airplanes -- Alaska -- Fairbanks -- Ferrying.