Michael Livingston, who submitted the proposals to formally get rid of the existent names, said “Nazi Creek” is particularly ...

Military leaders and a senator from Alaska have have discussed reviving a World War II-era base on Adak as part of the U.S.

Per the "Dictionary of Alaska Place Names," during World War II the U.S. Army was putting tactical names on geographic features throughout the Aleutians. They did so in grids, and applied an ...

Per the “Dictionary of Alaska Place Names,” during World War II the U.S. Army was putting tactical names on geographic features throughout the Aleutians. They did so in grids, and applied an ...

On the Alaska Highway project ... becoming one of the first recognized heroes of World War II. The Tuskegee Airmen broke through another of the military's barriers. During World War II, the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of ...

Before the United States entered World War II, few Americans would have suspected that the territory of Alaska would play a role in America's fight against the Axis powers. In 1940, Alaska was ...