Kiska Island


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Kis·ka Island

 (kĭs′kə)
An island of southwest Alaska in the Rat Islands of the western Aleutians. In World War II it was occupied by Japan between 1942 and 1943.
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Kiska Island, 51[grados]58'N, 177[grados]32'W, 120 m, log in coastal meadow, 2001, S.
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He received orders to sea duty in the Aleutians (Kiska Island invasion defense) and then to most of the major naval campaigns in the Pacific Theater where he commanded the sub chaser PC 1079.
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