02026cam a2200289 4500 283109388 TxAuBib 20060314120000.0 060314s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005905610 9781575101200 $30.00 1575101203 $30.00 TxAuBib Rearden, Jim. Forgotten Warriors of the Aleutian Campaign / Jim Rearden. Missoula, Montana : Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., 2005. 188 p : ill., maps; softcover ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. War at sea -- Giant of Kiska -- Prisoner in Japan -- Andersea at Diska -- Wild Bill Thies: pilot -- Mistaken identity -- Alaska in a P-boat -- George Herold and the S-27 -- Troop transport at sea -- Amchitka -- Castner's cutthroats -- George Bishop: Alaska scout -- Leo Land: Alaska scout -- Legendary Squeaky Anderson -- Stig Palm -- Twelve returned -- Landing at Attu -- Itchymoto -- Jap propaganda -- Death of a kid -- Highest honor -- Battle's end -- Learn or die -- Kiska and the battle of the pips -- Lost at sea. On June 3 and 4, 1942, Japanese carrier planes bombed, and Zero fighters machine-gunned, the U.S. military base at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. On June 7, Japanese troops seized two Aleutian Islands--Attu and Kiska. Result? The fifteen-month Aleutian Campaign in which 144,000 American servicemen fought two enemies--the Japanese and the savage weather. "A worthy tribute to the Americans who gave their all to eliminate the Japanese from American soil, and a valuable contribution to WWII history." s/Earl C. Acuff, Lieutenant, Alaska Scouts, Aleutian Campaign. 20060314. Alaska. Aleutian Islands (chain) World War II. World War II. Dutch Harbor. Aleutian Islands Attu Kiska World War II.