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Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Station
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U.S. invasion fleet gathers in Adak Harbor for assault on Kiska in August, 1943.
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| Location: | Adak Station, Alaska |
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| Built: | 1942 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Governing body: | United States Navy |
| NRHP Reference#: | 87000841 |
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| Added to NRHP: | February 27, 1987[1] |
| Designated NHL: | February 27, 1987[2] |
Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Base is significant for having served as a staging area for the American assaults, during World War II, on Japanese-held Aleutian Islands of Kiska and Attu.
The set of bases was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.,[2][3]
Only ruins of the bases survive today.
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