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79 years after a brutal battle to oust the Japanese, a remote piece of US territory is the center of...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUS soldiers and equipment land on the beach at Massacre Bay on Attu Island, May 26, 1943.(AP...
This Little-known Chain of 300-plus Volcanic Islands Is One of the Most Underrated U.S. Cruise...
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHurtigruten Expeditions is now cruising the far reaches of Alaska, including the astounding Aleutian...
The Alaskan guardians of the North in World War II
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoStarting in World War II, through the Cold War, and right to the present day, Native Americans in Alaska and Arctic Canada have used their traditional...
On This Day, April 1: Hitler imprisoned for Beer Hall Putsch
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch trial pose for a photo in Munich, Germany, on the last day of...
Hurricanes and P-40 Warhawks: The unsung sky heroes of early WWII
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHell's Angels, the 3rd Squadron of the 1st American Volunteer Group "Flying Tigers". (San Diego Air...
Coming soon: An underwater search for WWII wreckage off Alaska's Attu Island
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 13—Dominic Bush studies WWII battle at Attu Island Dominic Bush slid on blue surgical gloves and pulled out a black-and-white photo negative from a beige envelope at the Anchorage Museum ...
Last surviving Alaskan taken by Japan during WWII dies
Military Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gregory Golodoff spent most of his years on a quiet Alaska island, living an...
Chinese spy balloon may have drifted into American mainland airspace by mistake, officials reveal
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoA Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down by an American fighter jet may have drifted into...
More teamwork on the (battle) fields
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 10 months agoI found several domestic news stories from this past week to be worthy of at least a brief mention. However, this week’s most important story to me in...
The iconic flying boat that helped hunt down Axis warships during World War II is getting a new...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina patrol bomber in an undated photo.Museum of Flight/CORBIS/Corbis via...