Alaska Defense Command

The Alaska Defense Command (ADC) was a

The Alaskan Department became United States Army Alaska on 15 December 1947.^[2]

Organization

Organization of the command in 1941 (just before Pearl Harbor) was as follows:^[3]

• Alaska Defense Command, Fort Richardson
  • United States Army Finance Office, Anchorage
  • Alaskan Defense Command Signals Detachment,
    Chilkoot Barracks
  • B Company,
    194th Tank Battalion
  • Ladd Field
    )
  • Fort Mears and 1 Company at Fort Raymond
  • 153rd Infantry Regiment, Fort Raymond (1 Company at Annette Island Airport, 1 Company in Nome, 1 Company at Yakutat Air Base
  • 201st Infantry Regiment, Fort Greely (1 Battalion at Fort Ray
    )
  • 1st Battalion,
    Chilkoot Barracks
    )
  • 81st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
  • 98th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Greely
  • Fort Mears (two companies at Fort Raymond and one battalion at Fort Richardson
    )
  • United States Army Junior
    Chilkoot Barracks
  • 75th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft)
  • 215th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft), Fort Greely
  • 1st Battalion, 205th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft)
  • 1st Battalion,
    206th Coast Artillery Regiment
    (Antiaircraft)
  • 1st Battalion, 151st Engineer Regiment (Combat),
    Ladd Field
    )
  • 32nd Engineer Company
  • Company from the 23rd Quartermasters Regiment (Truck)
  • Alaskan Defense Command Quartermaster Depot,
    Chilkoot Barracks
  • 4th Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance)
  • A Company, 69th Quartermaster Battalion (Light Maintenance), Fort Greely (Detachment at Fort Richardson)
  • x7 Station Complements at each fort
• Air Force, Alaska Defense Command,
  Elmendorf Field under lieutenant colonel
  E S Davis
  • Alaskan Air Warning Signals Company, Fort Richardson
  • 408th Aviation Signal Company
  • 430th Aviation Maintenance Signal Company
  • 14th Aviation Service Signal Company (Split between each base)
  • 802nd Aviation Engineer Battalion, Annette Island Landing Field
  • 807th Aviation Engineer Company, Yakutat Air Base
  • 10th Aviation Service Maintenance Company (Split between each base)
  • 28th Composite Group
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Elmendorf Field under Major N D Sillin
    • 18th Fighter Squadron
    • 73rd Medium Bomber Squadron
    • 36th Heavy Bomber Squadron
    • Tow Target Flight
    • 699th Aviation Composite Ordnance Maintenance Company (Elements at
      Ladd Field
      )
    • Air Corps Cold Weather Detachment,
      Ladd Field
      • Air Corps Cold Weather Headquarters Flight
      • Air Corps Heavy Bombardment Flight
      • Air Corps Medium Bombardment Flight
      • Air Corps Pursuit Flight

See also

• Western Defense Command
• Eastern Defense Command
• Central Defense Command
• Southern Defense Command
• Caribbean Defense Command

References

Further reading

• Conn, Stetson; Engelman, Rose C.; Fairchild, Byron (2000) [1964], Guarding the United States and its Outposts, United States Army in World War II, Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, archived from the original on 25 December 2007, retrieved 31 January 2017