Aleutian World War II National Historic Area, Alaska. In 1943 Japan invaded the remote Aleutian Islands in Alaska. ... The ...

Navy Petty Officer Walter Stohler spent most of the war in the Aleutians, primarily on Adak. “Yeah, that was a pretty lonely existence up there. Some people kind of went a little nutty up there.

The term “Nip,” Livingston testified, was a derogatory term for Japanese people that came into use during the second World War. It was a derivation of “Nippon,” which is the name for Japan ...

The Aleut Corp., Adak’s regional Native corporation, signed an agreement in May 2025 to lease 3,500 acres to Pacific H2, an ...

During World War II, Adak Island in Alaska was used by the U.S. to launch offensives against the Japanese during battles which included the most recent foreign military occupation on American soil.

The last vote of the 2024 election will come from a resident of Adak, Alaska. Julia O'Malley/Anchorage Daily News via AP. ... Adak Island has historical significance for its role in World War II.

US military looks to reopen Adak naval base in Alaska to counter Pacific ... there were 90,000 troops mobilized to the Aleutian Islands during World War II. U.S. forces on the island were ...

Adak Island has historical significance for its role in World War II. The U.S. built facilities on the island after Japanese forces took islands farther west in the Aleutian chain.

The creek is a mile-long stream on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, beside the bigger, more prominent Kiska Island 242 miles west of Adak at the far end of the Aleutian chain.

The island best known as a former World War II military base and later naval station is 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage and further west than Hawaii, where polls close an ...

Apr. 7—This month, state officials voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response to proposals arguing they were offensive and arbitrary. The ...