Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Aleutian Islands Campaign: When Japan Invaded America” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/aleutian-islands-campaign-when-japan-invaded-america/.
Aleutian Islands Campaign: When Japan Invaded America
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Charlton Heston served on B-24's in the Aleutians in WW2.
Once Adak & Kiska were secrured B-24s and PV-1/-2s flew attacks agaist the (then) Japanese Northern Kuril islands.
During World War II, the U.S. 11th Air Force and the US Navy conducted bombing raids against the Kuril Island, starting in July 1943. These missions were flown from bases in the Aleutian Islands, primarily Attu and Shemya. The raids, while causing limited damage, forced Japan to divert resources to defend their northern islands against potential American invasion.
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Once Adak & Kiska were secrured B-24s and PV-1/-2s flew attacks agaist the (then) Japanese Northern Kuril islands.
During World War II, the U.S. 11th Air Force and the US Navy conducted bombing raids against the Kuril Island, starting in July 1943. These missions were flown from bases in the Aleutian Islands, primarily Attu and Shemya. The raids, while causing limited damage, forced Japan to divert resources to defend their northern islands against potential American invasion.
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One of the casualties of the Aleutian campaign was Kermit Roosevelt. While not significant in the outcome of the battle, he did serve as an intelligence officer at Fort Richardson and worked to raise Aleut and Eskimo militia. He succumbed to depression and alcoholism, which he had battled for years. My Uncle Manuel served in the artillery there as a battery clerk and after wards ended up in Belgium in December of 1944. My Dad was on one of the ships that patrolled the Aleutian Islands, joked that service in cold weather in Alaska turned his beard white.
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In the 1980s I was a Lieutenant in the 153rd Infantry Regiment Arkansas Army National Guard and also knew some of the WWII vets who were activated in 1940 with the 153rd. They were later posted to Dutch Harbor Alaska after training. A New Mexico regiment was activated about the same time & the two units trained together. A coin was flipped, literally, & the NM unit won & chose to go to the Philippines, (Bataan) leaving the 153rd to go to Alaska. The running joke among the Aleutian vets, “there was a woman behind every tree.” After the Aleutians, in 1944 the 153rd was broken up and soldiers & officers sent to Europe (mostly) as individual replacements. My WWII vet buddies said they could not make up their minds, whether it was colder in the Aleutians or in Europe. After WWII a polar bear was added to the unit patch to signify Aleutian service. The 153rd also fought in WWI & deployed twice to Iraq.Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Aleutian Islands Campaign: When Japan Invaded America” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/aleutian-islands-campaign-when-japan-invaded-america/.
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Something that a lot of people don't talk about when they talk about the Aleutian campaign was the Alaskan Territorial Guard, a citizen militia, participated in the campaign.
That's one of the things that the people who say the Second Amendment is irrelevant today conveniently forget
That's one of the things that the people who say the Second Amendment is irrelevant today conveniently forget