Alaska 1950's Air Force And FBI Plan To Fight A Russian Invasion Including Hidden Coin Caches

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willieboyd2 Pillar of the Community United States 524 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 7:19 pm Operation Washtub: How the Air Force and FBI Recruited Alaskans to Resist a Soviet Invasion From 1951 to 1959, the FBI and Air Force ran Operation Washtub, a covert program that trained bush pilots, trappers, hunters and miners to operate as covert agents if Soviet paratroopers ever landed in Anchorage or Fairbanks The program scattered survival caches across Alaska's frozen landscape, hidden in caves, remote cabins, buried underground, or tucked into distant forests. Inside these hidden stockpiles were tools for both survival and espionage. Agents would find .30-06 semiautomatic rifles with telescopic sights, small-caliber pistols fitted with silencers, 150 feet of climbing rope, commercial skis, snowshoes, radio equipment, explosives to destroy evidence, and $500 in gold or silver coins for bartering. Military.Com news article: https://www.military.com/daily-news...soviets.html United States $20 1898-S The 1898 coins were supposedly minted from Alaskan gold. https://www.brianrxm.com The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin Coins in Movies Coins on Television Edited by willieboyd2 10/31/2025 7:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Bud250r Pillar of the Community United States 824 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 7:33 pm Very interesting. I sure would like to find one of those caches. I wonder if any are left? Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19108 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 8:26 pm And, perhaps, a few hundred mint-fresh rolls of 1955 P Lincoln cents... DDOs, anyone? Edited by ijn1944 10/31/2025 8:27 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 9:04 pm Fascinating @will. Thx for posting. The full list of items in the caches can be found on page 54 of the 700+ page FOIA report: https://www.governmentattic.org/12d...947-1954.pdf "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94636 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 9:07 pm NORTH! To Alaska - who's up for a nice winter trip to the Alaskan interior? Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73579 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 9:19 pm Very interesting. Thank you for posting. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 11/03/2025 10:03 am An interesting plan and thank you for sharing! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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