Sample Joint Base Elmendorf/Richardson, Alaska, History

Building 10471 In 1947, construction was started on this building, a 500 man barracks, along with two others.  At the time, Elmendorf Air Force Base was the principal airfield of the fledgling Alaskan Air Command and 13,500 troops were sta... Read more

Airman First-Class Carle L. Anderson, Jr. Airman First Class Carl Lovetta Anderson, Jr. was born on 25 August 1983.  He grew up in Georgetown, SC and graduated from Georgetown High School in 2001 were he served as a member of the Naval Jun... Read more

Japanese Internment Camp A series of Presidential proclamations and Executive Order 9066 led to the detention of many foreign nationals residing in the United States during World War II.  From February to June 1942, the U.S. Government con... Read more

Fort Richardson National Cemetery (https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftrichardson.asp) Fort Richardson National Cemetery is located on the Fort Richardson Military Reservation in Anchorage, Alaska. During World War II, 39 acres of Fort Richa... Read more

Construction began on Ft Richardson and Elmendorf Field in June 1940.  This is the sight of the origial tent city.

Emil Savoia Emil Savoia was born in Finland April 6,1886 (Death Certificate 1941 ). He came to the United States in 1917 from Canada where he had resided for an unknown period of time. Savoia was recorded as being a section laborer for the ... Read more

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F-22 Raptors assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, perform an Elephant on the flight line to show readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Moose Walk,” more commonly referred to as an “Elephant Walk,” was so named... Read more