Kodiak
Alaska
About
Kodiak During WWII
Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely, Abercrombie, and Kodiak Fort Kodiak was established in 1898. The US Navy established a radio facility on Woody Island in 1911. The CAA and later the FAA had extensive facilities on Woody Island. Due to the ice-free waters around Kodiak the Navy chose to begin construction on the Kodiak Navy Base in 1939 (the Navy abandoned the base in 1972). Kodiak was then defended by the Army. This same base today hosts the U. S. Coast Guard. The U. S. Air Force established a satellite tracking and control facility in 1957 the result of the Russian's launch of Sputnik on 4 October 1957. 1 Kodiak was incorporated in 1941. As a result of the onset of WWII, the United States converted Kodiak into a fortress. Roads, the airport, Fort Abercrombie, and gun fortifications improved the island's infrastructure. 2 Dutch Harbor attacked by Japanese forces on the 3rd and 4th of Jun, 1942. Lieutenant General Hideichiro Higuda, commander of the Japanese Northern Army, said they wanted to break up any offensive action the Americans might contemplate against Japan by way of the Aleutians, to set up a barrier between the United States and Russia in the event Russia joined with the United States in its war against Japan (Russia at this time was neutral in terms of the Japanese conflict with America), and to make preparations through the construction of advanced airbases for future offensive actions. Japan's intent was brought to light on June 3, 1942, when Japanese carrier-borne aircraft flew out of the Aleutian fog and bombed the American installations at Dutch Harbor on the island of Unalaska. There were few casualties incurred with only minor damage to the Dutch Harbor facilities. Nevertheless, WWII now became more personal to those who lived in Alaska. News of this event took an inordinate amount of time to reach Americans living on the mainland's "lower 48." 3 1 Source: http://kadiak.org/ 2 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodiak,_Alaska 3 Source: http://aleutians.hlswilliwaw.com/Aleutians/html/aleutians-wwii.htm)
Kodiak
Alaska
About
Kodiak During WWII
Kodiak Naval Operating Base and Forts Greely, Abercrombie, and Kodiak Fort Kodiak was established in 1898. The US Navy established a radio facility on Woody Island in 1911. The CAA and later the FAA had extensive facilities on Woody Island. Due to the ice-free waters around Kodiak the Navy chose to begin construction on the Kodiak Navy Base in 1939 (the Navy abandoned the base in 1972). Kodiak was then defended by the Army. This same base today hosts the U. S. Coast Guard. The U. S. Air Force established a satellite tracking and control facility in 1957 the result of the Russian's launch of Sputnik on 4 October 1957. 1 Kodiak was incorporated in 1941. As a result of the onset of WWII, the United States converted Kodiak into a fortress. Roads, the airport, Fort Abercrombie, and gun fortifications improved the island's infrastructure. 2 Dutch Harbor attacked by Japanese forces on the 3rd and 4th of Jun, 1942. Lieutenant General Hideichiro Higuda, commander of the Japanese Northern Army, said they wanted to break up any offensive action the Americans might contemplate against Japan by way of the Aleutians, to set up a barrier between the United States and Russia in the event Russia joined with the United States in its war against Japan (Russia at this time was neutral in terms of the Japanese conflict with America), and to make preparations through the construction of advanced airbases for future offensive actions. Japan's intent was brought to light on June 3, 1942, when Japanese carrier-borne aircraft flew out of the Aleutian fog and bombed the American installations at Dutch Harbor on the island of Unalaska. There were few casualties incurred with only minor damage to the Dutch Harbor facilities. Nevertheless, WWII now became more personal to those who lived in Alaska. News of this event took an inordinate amount of time to reach Americans living on the mainland's "lower 48." 3 1 Source: http://kadiak.org/ 2 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodiak,_Alaska 3 Source: http://aleutians.hlswilliwaw.com/Aleutians/html/aleutians-wwii.htm)
