Canadian Troops In The Aleutians
Funny thing, I had started writing and writing about the Canadian Military’s role in the Aleutian Islands Campaign in WW2 and the post just kept on going and going. For my taste, it was too long for one blog post so I decided I needed to break it up so that each division: Royal Canadian […]
War Is REAL And Never Insignificant
It’s true, there was actually a war fought right here on North American soil . The Japanese did bomb the continent. Lives were lost, many lives were lost, maybe not as many as in Germany but tell that to the family of a loved on who was fighting in Alaska in WW2. War is war. […]
Geography 101- The Aleutian Islands
I just had to start with this post because after speaking about this to several people recently I realized that most people do not even know where the Aleutian Islands are. The most common response I have gotten is- ‘somewhere south, somewhere tropical’. Umm yea, not so much, let’s try the complete opposite direction. Look […]