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Alaska Defense Command
Alaska Defense Command Second SSI 24 March 1943 - 31 December 1943
Active1941–1943
CountryUnited States of America
BranchArmy
RoleHome defense & training
HeadquartersFort Richardson, Anchorage
EngagementsAleutian Islands Campaign
Commanders
Commanding GeneralSimon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.

The Alaska Defense Command (ADC) was a military formation of the United States Army. It was established on 4 February 1941, responsible for coordinating the defense of the Alaska Territory of the United States. The first commanding general of ADC was Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. The Air Force, Alaska Defense Command, was replaced by the Alaskan Air Force which was activated on 15 January 1942.[1]

Until 1 November 1943, Alaska Defense Command was under the jurisdiction of the Western Defense Command, headquartered at the Presidio of San Francisco. ADC was dissolved on 31 October 1943 and replaced by the Alaskan Department, still commanded by now Lieutenant General Buckner but now reporting directly back to the War Department in Washington, D.C.

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

Alaska Defense Command Red Variant SSI prior to March 1943
Alaska Defense Command Green Variant SSI prior to March 1943

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

Graphic of Alaskan Defence Command in 1941.

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