KISKA
Aleutian Islands, AK
Welcome
Kiska, Aleutian Islands, AK
WWII and Beyond
Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles (2.4 to 9.7 km). It is part of Aleutian Islands Wilderness and as such, special permissions are required to visit it. The island has no permanent population. After the Japanese attacks on Dutch Harbor, Alaska on the 3rd and 4th of June, 1942, six months after the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, the Aleutian island of Kiska was captured and garrisoned by the Japanese. Capt. Takeji Ono of the Japanese Imperial Navy and his Japanese No. 3 Special Landing Party and 500 Japanese Marines landed on Narukami-shima (Kiska) a little after 1 a.m. on the 7th of June, 1942. These were followed by another contingency of approximately 1000 Japanese Infantry. Ten of these 12 Navy men stationed on Kiska would be taken prisoner by the Japanese and sent to Japan at the onset of the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands during WWII. (Courtesy of Jill Holmgren)
These pages feature the photos and stories of members of the U. S. Navy
stationed on Kiska and the Japanese military as they captured and occupied
Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska during WWII, as well as several photos taken
by individuals post-WWII.
KISKA
Aleutian Islands, AK
Welcome
Kiska, Aleutian Islands, AK
WWII and Beyond
Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles (2.4 to 9.7 km). It is part of Aleutian Islands Wilderness and as such, special permissions are required to visit it. The island has no permanent population. After the Japanese attacks on Dutch Harbor, Alaska on the 3rd and 4th of June, 1942, six months after the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, the Aleutian island of Kiska was captured and garrisoned by the Japanese. Capt. Takeji Ono of the Japanese Imperial Navy and his Japanese No. 3 Special Landing Party and 500 Japanese Marines landed on Narukami-shima (Kiska) a little after 1 a.m. on the 7th of June, 1942. These were followed by another contingency of approximately 1000 Japanese Infantry. Ten of these 12 Navy men stationed on Kiska would be taken prisoner by the Japanese and sent to Japan at the onset of the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands during WWII. (Courtesy of Jill Holmgren)
