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Kiska - Operation Cottage was a tactical maneuver which completed the Aleutian Islands campaign. On 15 August 1943 Allied military forces landed on Kiska Island, which had been
occupied by Japanese forces since June 1942. The Japanese, however, had secretly abandoned the island two weeks earlier, and so the Allied landings were unopposed. Allied forces suffered
over 313 casualties in total during the operation from Japanese landmines and booby traps, friendly fire incidents, and vehicle accidents. (Wikipedia)
Photo - Landing operations, Kiska, 15 August 1943. Photo taken from a US Navy Vega PV-1 “Ventura”, a patrol bomber operating as part of the air cover for the task force.
United States and Canadian troops swarming ashore from landing barges on a stretch of beach along the northwest coast of Kiska. The men can be seen moving up the hillside like ants.
At this time, they did not know whether the Japanese were “playing possum” or not. (U.S. Navy photo now in the collections of the U.S. Library of Congress, Accession #: LC-Lot-803-9)
Map - Kiska Island (Archaeology Magazine) |
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