Alaska Defense Command

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military command
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:American_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:commanded Major General
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:United_States_War_Department
gptkbp:dissolved 1950
gptkbp:established 1940
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Anchorage
gptkb:Fort_Richardson
gptkbp:historicalSignificance strategic_location_during_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alaska Defense Command
gptkbp:infrastructure military bases
airfields
radar stations
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:keyFigures gptkb:General_William_H._Harrison
gptkb:Major_General_John_H._McAuliffe
gptkb:General_John_H._McAuliffe
gptkb:General_Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.
gptkb:Colonel_William_A._McKinney
gptkb:Major_General_John_A._McCoy
gptkb:Colonel_John_A._McCoy
gptkb:Major_General_Albert_E._Brown
gptkb:Major_General_William_H._Harrison
gptkb:Major_General_Simon_B._Buckner_Jr.
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alaska
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Aleutian
Operation Landgrab
Operation Sitka
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Alaska
gptkbp:operationalStatus 1940-1950
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:primaryMission defend_against_Japanese_invasion
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Alaska_Command
gptkbp:responsibleFor air defense
ground defense
naval defense
gptkbp:role defense_of_Alaska
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Alaska_Command
gptkbp:utilizes gptkb:Coast_Artillery_Corps
gptkb:Army_Air_Forces
infantry units