Kiska Island, July 2008

Japan marines landed on this island on June 6, 1942, during the Battle of Midway. They easily captured a US Navy weather detachment of ten men (and a dog). There were no other inhabitants on the island (and there were none in 2008). The Japanese on the island were bombed a few times in 1942. In 1943 a U.S. and Canadian invasion force of over 34,000 people attacked the island, where they expected to face 5000 Japanese soldiers. However, the Japanese had departed the island shortly before the allied landing. The U.S. admiral reported they found only dogs and freshly brewed coffee on the island.