Alaska Defense Command

Alaska Defense Command
Active 1941–1943
Country United States of America
Branch Army
Role Home defense & training
Headquarters Fort Richardson, Anchorage
Engagements Aleutian Islands Campaign
Commanders
Commanding General Simon 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.

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.

Organization

Graphic of Alaskan Defence Command in 1941.

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

See also