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A one-mile stream in Alaska dubbed “Nazi Creek” after it was reclaimed from the Axis Powers during World War II has finally ...
The one-mile creek, located on a largely uninhabited island, had been given its name during World War II after the Americans ...
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 ...
The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks after ...