1. Aleutian affair.
- Author
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Lenihan, Daniel J.
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ISLANDS , *ATTACK on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), 1941 - Abstract
Discusses how a recent expedition by archaeologists led them to return to Japan's World War II beachhead in Alaska. On the deck of the USS Safeguard; Expedition to document remains of the only real fighting during World War II on North American soil; Japanese occupied the islands of Attu and Kiska in June 1942; The Imperial Japanese Navy was still riding high from success of Pearl Harbor; Prospect of final confrontation with the US Navy; Aleutians importance for US; More.
- Published
- 1992