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This week in the War, 28 Sept–4 Oct 1942: The Aleutian Islands

This week in the war, on 30 September 1942, the Japanese launched the first of a series of air raids against Adak, an island in the Aleutian chain which was and is part of Alaska and therefore US ‘home territory.’ Earlier … Continue reading

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