The Forgotten Battle
In the early morning of 6 June 1942, 500 Japanese soldiers landed on
Kiska, one of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. They took the only
inhabitants of the island, a ten man (and six dog) US Navy Weather
Detachment by complete surprise and quickly took control of American
soil. Today, the island is one of the USA's National Historic Landmarks:
the aftermath of the
Japanese invasion can still be seen on the rolling hillsides of Kiska.
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