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She spent her entire career serving in the Aleutian Islands during the Aleutian Islands Campaign. [1] YP-86 was decommissioned on 27 June 1944 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 18 July 1944. [1] On 6 October 1944, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration. [1]
The Aleutian Islands campaign (Japanese: アリューシャン方面の戦い, romanized: Aryūshan hōmen no tatakai) was a military campaign fought between 3 June 1942 and 15 August 1943 on and around the Aleutian Islands in the American Theater of World War II during the Pacific War. It was the only military campaign of World War II fought ...
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Report from the Aleutians is a 1943 documentary propaganda film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II. It was directed and narrated by John Huston and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 16th Academy Awards.
77th Bombardment Squadron, July–September 1943; Feb 11, 1944-October 19, 1945 (B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder) Initially used for carrying out bombardment operations over Kiska Island during June and July 1943, Alexai Point and the new Shemya Army Airfield became forward bases for operations against the Kurile Islands of northern Japan, after ...
WWII veteran Tony Battaglia of Honesdale turned 100 in June. He shares his experiences as a medic in the largely forgotten Aleutian Islands Campaign.
The boat had a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). The 104-foot was large enough to operate in the open ocean easily. Some 104-foot boats worked in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands; these had cold weather options installed. The cold weather options had a heating system, ice protection on the hull, and insulation.
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol around Alaska’s Aleutian Islands came across a Russian ship in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said. The ...