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Chief of the Boat
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by edjcox
"I think the Aleutians would be cool"
Most understated..... Damned cold is more like it...
We well comitted considerable resources up there and a lot of American troops lie in the frozen ground and off the coast's there feeding the crabs....
The Japanese held with tenacity for some time and continued their atrocities on our Alaskans.
Any campaign would need to include this area as the Northern route was also a shortcut to approach Japan. Airliners arn't the only ones who used te great circle routes..
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