Native Alaskans Who Protected Alaska In Wwii To Be Honored

By RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press: Nation
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 11:12am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The military on Friday will honor more than a dozen deceased members of a largely Native Alaskan citizen militia who protected the U.S. territory from the threat of Japanese invasion during World War II, bringing closure to their families for a service that went unpaid and unrecognized for decades....

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Topics: anchorage alaska ap the native alaskan u.s japanese world war ii protected

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