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<p>part of <a href="page.php?w=Joint_Base_Elmendorf-Richardson">Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson</a> near <a href="page.php?w=Anchorage%2C_Alaska">Anchorage</a>.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>ALCOM was established 1 January 1947, as a unified command reporting to the <a href="page.php?w=Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>. The command was founded based on lessons learned during <a href="page.php?w=World_War_II">World War II</a>, when a lack of unity of command hampered operations to drive the Japanese from</p><p>
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