This Day in Alaskan History-June 7th, 1942
On June 7th, 1942, exactly six months after Japan’s infamous attack on Pearl Harbor that resulted in its war with the U.S., The Japanese struck again in American Territory. They landed and captured Attu Island on the Aleutian Chain. They had taken Kiska the day before. Unopposed, 1,140 stormed the shores of the island and […]
