Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Remembering The Time When Japan Had Occupied US Soil During World War II

Kiska Island is one of the few remaining intact World War II battlefields

On Alaska's Remote Kiska, World War II Battle Relics Remain -- McClatchy News

On Kiska Island, anti-aircraft guns still point at the sky. Rusting barrels aim for targets that have not crossed their sights in almost 70 years.

Gray lakes fill craters blown into the tundra by bombs that once rained through the clouds. Around them lie the silent husks of war: a submarine, a war plane, tracked transports, tent pegs, ships and shells -- some yet waiting to explode.

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My Comment: 65 years later .... this part of the Second World War comes back to life and serves as a memory of what life was like during that time.

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