Guide to Federal Records

Records of U.S. Army Forces in Alaska


(Record Group 547)
1940-56

Overview of Records Locations

547.1 Records of Alaska Defense Command/Alaska Department
1940-47

Textual Records: Records include issuances and intelligence reports, 1940-47.

547.2 Records of U.S. Army, Alaska
1942-56

Textual Records: General records maintained by the Adjutant General Section, ca. 1947-56, including central correspondence, issuances, and incoming and outgoing messages. Records of general and special staff sections, 1942-50 (bulk 1947-50), including administrative records of the Quartermaster Section, 1942-50.


Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
3 volumes, 2428 pages.

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This Web version is updated from time to time to include records processed since 1995.


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