Talk:Kiska
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[edit] Red
This article is apparently showing up red (nonexistant) in other articles. Hopefulyl this comment will fix it. →Raul654 23:20, Feb 9, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Escaped
"One member of the detachment escaped for 50 days. Starving, thin, and extremely cold, he eventually surrendered to the Japanese."
Any idea where this comes from? Is this true or apocryphal? What was this person's name, and are there any records of this? I've tried searching for information about anything related to this, and so far I'm turning up nothing, can anyone help? Altima 19:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Japanese evacuation
I heard something about this sort of thing happening in WWII, that the Americans got together a massive army with Canadian troops and invaded some island named Kiska only to find the Japanese not on it. I was skeptical, but boy is this hilarious! Did this really happen? I'd be laughing all night! WinterSpw 05:04, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
The Japanese left about a week before the Allies landed (See G.R. Perras. 2003. Stepping Stones to Nowhere: The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945. UBC Press, 304pp. (ISBN: 1591148367)). Albnd (talk) 15:43, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
