German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and ...

Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...

The US Board on Geographic Names has approved the renaming of ‘Nazi Creek’ and a nearby hill on Little Kiska Island, with ...

The US built facilities on the island after Japanese forces took islands farther west in the Aleutian chain. Troops landed in August 1942 to began building an Army base, ...

That there were and why — from June 3, 1942, to Aug. 15, 1943 — is the story told in “On American Shores: The Aleutian Islands Campaign,” a changing exhibit on view at the National WWII ...

Aleutian Attack Then, in June 1942, the Japanese attacked the Aleutian Islands. Regional naval officers directed Japanese forces to bomb an American military base at Dutch Harbor, killing more ...

Most of Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands, forms part of the 'Ring of Fire', a notorious belt around the Pacific Ocean known for its seismic and volcanic activity.

The Aleutian Islands were also a battleground during World War II, with the Japanese military seizing several of the islands before the United States retook them.

On a desolate slab of island tundra on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a resident of a tiny village called Adak will again become the last American to cast an in-person ballot for president.