Day One In The Books
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Report From The Aleutians (1942)
One of the first things I ordered when I started researching the war in Alaska was this 42 minute video called Report Form The Aleutians. The video looks at the first part of the Aleutian Campaign and was made in 1942 by the U.S. government so as you can imagine, it tells a somewhat censored […]
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 […]
In The Words Of An Airman
My Papa was an impeccable record keeper, which is why, I suppose, my mother, his daughter, inherited that same quality. Her printing is like perfection, as so was his, even in the midst of war in the Aleutian Islands. When he died he left behind some wonderful things, items that would teach us something about […]