Who would want to be there.

The submarine bases protecting Alaska.

The Forgotten Theatre.

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_18/forgotten.htm

 

Great stuff...or should I say, "Oh, man, that's cold!"

 

The submarine bases protecting Alaska.

The Forgotten Theatre.

The Forgotten Theater U.S. Submarine Operations in the Aleutians in World War II

Another great site added to my favorites. What a bone chilling duty to pull, considering the Hawaiin alternative.

 

In context, the Germans had the "Russian Front", the Russians had "Siberia" and these poor buggers got the Alaska run.

A good thought for another thread.

 

The submarine bases protecting Alaska.

The Forgotten Theatre.

The Forgotten Theater U.S. Submarine Operations in the Aleutians in World War II


Aloha Everyone,

The Aleutian theater is often overlooked by students of WWII - Dutch Harbor, Adak, Attu, Kiska, the Battle of the Komandorski Islands.....truly a forgotten theater.

Recommended Reading: The Thousand Mile War by Brian Garfield, one of the great classics of WWII.

 

Aloha Everyone,

The Aleutian theater is often overlooked by students of WWII - Dutch Harbor, Adak, Attu, Kiska, the Battle of the Komandorski Islands.....truly a forgotten theater.

Recommended Reading: The Thousand Mile War by Brian Garfield, one of the great classics of WWII.

There are many places that are forgotten for one reason or another. They may not be headline news or overly important but they were to those who had to be there.

 

Like the Murmansk and Archangel runs on the convoys. Cold and lethal.

 

Very interesting . Some of the toughest duty in the Navy , S-boats in the Aleutians !

 

Internet Archive: Details: Report from the Aleutians

There are thumbnails and you can download the film

 

Aleutians Duty.

No matter what, there is always someone else worse off however I wouldn't want to be there either.