Tag Archives: World War II

Mitch Borden/KMXT For over 20 years, the US Army Corps of Engineers has been working on cleaning up a piece of land just outside the City of Kodiak. After removing tons of soil contaminated by an old military site, it’s finally looking like the end of the process may be closing in. During World War II the US Army and …

Marines hunkering down during the attack on Dutch Harbor in 1942. Photo from Unalaska City Archives Zoe Sobel/KUCB Governor Bill Walker has declared today (June 3) Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day. Statewide all flags will fly at half-mast to recognize the World War II attack on Dutch Harbor. The 1942 bombing was the first hostile action on Alaskan soil; 25 service men …