Ebb and Flow
As I sat at the beach one morning contemplating how to start this come-back post it had occurred to me that any excuse I have sounds pathetic in comparison to the sacrifices the people and families that I write about endured. Sacrifices that allow us the life of freedoms that we enjoy today. […]
Unalaska Plane Wrecks- Mission of Honor
On July 16th, 1942, 12 RCAF Kittyhawks, 21 pilots and 60 ground crew were sent to the most forward base at that time on Umnak Island in the Aleutian chain. They were to relieve the equivalent number of of personnel in the AAF No.11 Pursuit Squadron. Their route of 1100 miles, consisted of fueling stops […]
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 […]
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 […]