Harriet Petersen, of Cranston, wrote, "It was the only entertainment he had during his nine months of active service and now he will never see another." ...

Like others in Alaska’s herring sector ... but it didn’t survive World War II. “The military filled in all the grasslands where they used to lay their eggs," Veerhusen said.

LOVELOCK — Navy veteran and longtime Lovelock resident Mercedes Marcucci Starr has witnessed many events during her lifetime.

The freezing cold, the impenetrable fog, and impossibly strong winds made Attu, one of several islands in the westernmost point of Alaska, the least convenient place for war. And yet, these tiny and ...

NOME, Alaska — Along the remote western edge ... the bonds Nome has had with its closest foreign neighbor. During World War II, when the United States and Soviet Union were allies, the town ...

There are many cherished Alaska myths, but this might be the ... 90th anniversary or the 90th Fur Rendezvous. Because of World War II, no Rendezvous was held in 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945.

The 10-minute Army-produced film is a kind of first draft of history on the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed World War II flyers who were ... in the Air Force and the Alaska Air National Guard for ...

She was the first black woman to travel to Alaska with the organisation, where the Army Corps of Engineers was sent to build the Alcan Highway in 1942, said Dr Hearn. On arrival in London in July ...

It's been 80 years since World War II ended and the number of veterans ... he entered the Army and was shipped off to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska where captured Japanese soldiers were being ...

which patrolled the western coast against Japanese attack in World War II. Dog teams were supplanted by snowmobiles in the 1960s, but interest was growing to honor Alaska’s traditions as the ...