Brendan Coyle

Three PV-1 planes fly by Kiska Volcano during the Allied invasion of Kiska on August 15, 1943.

Remember the time Japan invaded the US? Yes, really

December 15, 2014Conflict

Everyone’s heard of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, but six months later, the Japanese also bombed Dutch Harbor in Alaska. Three days after that, they captured two remote islands far out on the Aleutian chain. It’s a battle that’s all but forgotten, but it’s the subject of a new book.