Alaskans will celebrate the 75th anniversary this year of the Alaska Highway. Organizers of those celebrations plan to include tributes to the African-American soldiers who helped carve the road out of rugged wilderness.
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Revisiting internment camp near Juneau promotes healing
The internees, from St. Paul and St. George in the Pribolof Islands, were moved 1,300 miles against their will. Many died on the way and in Funter Bay over their two-year internment.
Coast Guard cleans up graffiti on World War II bunker as tagging investigation continues
The U.S. Coast Guard has cleaned up controversial graffiti that was found spray-painted on a World War II bunker in Unalaska last month.
Unalaskans suspect Coast Guard crew of tagging WWII bunker
Tagging isn’t unusual on the island, even for historic structures like bunkers and barracks. But these big black letters were spray-painted on the outside of the bunker — not hidden inside like most graffiti.
Rep. Eastman is sole lawmaker to vote against honoring black soldiers
All 19 senators who were present and 39 of the 40 House members voted for Senate Bill 46.
Air Force destroys World War II shell discovered in Unalaska
The U.S. Air Force made a special visit to Unalaska Tuesday after a hiker found unexploded ordnance from World War II. A bomb squad destroyed the artillery shell in a controlled explosion.
Echoes of past ring loudly at WWII internment anniversary ceremony
It’s been 75 years since the U.S. government forcibly removed the first Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes. They were remembered in a Washington ceremony.
Railway demolition unearths new discoveries from World War II
About 75 years ago, the U.S. Navy built a marine railway in Unalaska, which was basically an underwater railroad that helped the military haul boats out of the Bering Sea during World War II.
Florida woman retraces grandfather’s WWII service in the Aleutians
“It’s like a living museum to go there and to see how things were,” said Karen Abel, granddaughter of a Royal Canadian Air Force veteran of World War II’s Aleutian campaign. “And to see the guns. You get to touch them and feel them and see where they were placed in action. It’s not in a museum. It’s not behind glass. It was exactly as it was then.”
Governor declares June 3 Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day
Statewide all flags will fly at half-mast to recognize Japan’s World War II attack on Dutch Harbor.