Just a few days after turning 100, Tony Battaglia shared his recollections as a U.S. Army medic serving in the embattled Aleutian Islands during World War II. "It was a long time ago," the ...

With their close proximity to Japan, the Aleutian Islands seemed especially prone to an attack. Stretching westward into the Pacific Ocean, the chain of roughly 150 islands lay just 750 miles away ...

The Aleutian Islands World War II National Historic Area Visitor Center chronicles the three-month battle dubbed the “Aleutian Campaign.” On display were archival images, personal mementos ...