Maybe it’s because the casualties, in relative terms, were light compared to those suffered in other theaters of conflict during World War II ... the story of the Aleutian Islands Campaign ...

Paul Schaughency — one of the WWII Aleutian Campaign veterans receiving cards and letters through the letter-writing project — poses with his Valentine's Day cards. (Credit Courtesy of Paul ...

That there were and why — from June 3, 1942, to Aug. 15, 1943 — is the story told in “On American Shores: The Aleutian Islands Campaign,” a changing exhibit on view at the National WWII ...

Brian Garfield's "The Thousand-Mile War" was originally published in 1969 in response to the 25th anniversary of World War II's Aleutian campaign and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history.

This week, we’re sharing stories from the Battle of Attu and the greater Aleutian campaign of World War II. The conflict ended in the 1940s, but its legacy is still very much alive — both for ...

On Aug. 15, 1943, a massive Allied force assaulted a North Pacific island at the height of World War II. A joint force of ... one of 14 that make up Alaska’s Aleutian islands, from Japan.

American forces reclaimed remote Attu Island on May 30, 1943, after a 19-day campaign that is known as World War II's forgotten battle ... The battle for the Aleutian island was one of the ...

The new floatplane fighter was immediately sent to the most unusual of the Pacific campaigns - The Aleutian Campaign. How well did this floatplane Zero do in the far north? Check out in this video.

Primarily an air war, the Aleutian Campaign was the only World War II campaign fought on North American soil. It ended with the reoccupation of Kiska Island on Aug. 15, 1943, according to a ...

and the Forgotten Battle of World War II, Atria Books, 2019. The Aleutians Campaign June 1942 - August 1943, Office of Naval Intelligence - United States Navy, 1945. “Aleutian Voices ...

there’s a visitor center for the Aleutian World War II National Historic Area. There are exhibits on the Aleutian campaign, as well as a timeline showing the evacuation and internment of the ...