Remote, freezing, and nearly forgotten—the Aleutian Islands saw the only ground battle on U.S. soil in WWII. What happened on ...

Military leaders and a senator from Alaska have have discussed reviving a World War II-era base on Adak as part of the U.S.

Helena Pagano's great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of war after Japanese ...

Marine Raiders and their units will eventually have to learn how to operate in the Arctic, but that’s not on the horizon in ...

His final destination was Adak, the windswept island in the Aleutian chain, and he arrived right as the front moved elsewhere. Japanese forces occupied Attu and Kiska in June 1942. A joint ...

Another message Harmon received was from the cousin of Cambria County’s PVT George Victor Potts, who was killed on Attu Island on May 29, 1943, in a banzai charge. The cousin relayed the thanks ...

In 1942, when Japanese forces invaded Attu and Kiska—part of the Aleutian Islands—the U.S. quickly militarized Adak. It remained fortified through the Cold War, serving as a key U.S. Navy base for ...

Halibut schooner Attu passing through Lake Union en route to the Locks ... In 1911, Madsen and two friends landed at Ellis Island, New York. He gravitated to North Dakota, where he worked on a farm ...

The fence once marked the edge of the Fort Randall Post Cemetery, a burial ground used during WWII. The remains of U.S. and ...