Aleutian Islands · AK
Kiska
Seized by Japan in 1942, found empty in 1943.
- Japanese landing
- June 6, 1942
- Allied landing
- August 15, 1943
Then
- 1942
Japanese troops capture a ten-man Navy weather crew and their dog.
- 1943
34,426 Allied troops land and find the Japanese gone. Friendly fire kills 32.
- 1985
The occupation site becomes a National Historic Landmark.
Now
No one lives here. Kiska has the world's largest least auklet colony.