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What is V-J Day?

By VOA News on Aug 15, 2020   Featured, National/World, World  

What is V-J Day?

  Q: What is V-J Day? A: V-J Day, or Victory Over Japan Day, is the day Japan surrendered to the Allies on August 15, 1945. Japan’s unconditional surrender effectively ended World War Two. Japan’s surrender, which formally occurred aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, came months after Nazi Germany […]

Alaska Honors Five Tlingit Code Talkers for their Heroic Contributions in World War II

By Matt Shuckerow | Office of the Governor on Mar 12, 2019   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

Alaska Honors Five Tlingit Code Talkers for their Heroic Contributions in World War II

  Alaska state flags will fly at half-staff this week in their memory  (Juneau) – Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer is leading the State of Alaska’s effort to honor the memory of five Alaska Natives for their heroic contributions to American victories in World War II. The five men, Robert “Jeff” David Sr., Richard Bean Sr., […]

Stern of World War II U.S. Destroyer Discovered off Remote Alaskan Island by NOAA-Supported Scientists

By NOAA on Aug 16, 2018   At Sea, Featured, National, National/World  

Stern of World War II U.S. Destroyer Discovered off Remote Alaskan Island by NOAA-Supported Scientists

For almost 75 years, the stern of the destroyer USS Abner Read lay somewhere below the dark surface of the Bering Sea off the Aleutian island of Kiska, where it sank after being torn off by an explosion while conducting an anti-submarine patrol. Seventy-one U.S. Navy Sailors were lost in the aftermath of the blast, […]

Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Recognizes Alaska Territorial Guard Member

By Magen James | Alaska Forget Me Not Coalition on Jul 26, 2018   Featured, Southwest Alaska, State  

Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Recognizes Alaska Territorial Guard Member

Anchorage, Alaska — Alaska’s Office of Veterans Affairs receives many walk-ins from service members, veterans, their families and the general public inquiring about benefits and anything to do with veteran services. They received a special walk-in last Friday when Private Tommy Heckman, his wife, Martina, and their daughter, Irene, stopped by the office in East […]

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