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.

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 ...

The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...

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.

At its peak, there were 90,000 troops mobilized to the Aleutian Islands during World War II. U.S. forces on the island were able to launch a successful offensive against the Japanese held islands ...

On a desolate slab of island tundra on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a resident of a tiny village called Adak will again become the last American to cast an in-person ballot for president.

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 features in question are “Nazi Creek,” a mile-long stream, and “Nip Hill,” a modest summit — both on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, beside the bigger, more prominent ...