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Location Wartime History American missions against Amchitka On January 12, 1943 a small force of U. S. Army and U. S. Navy personnel landed unopposed at Amchitka. Immediately, they began developing Amchitka Airfield to support the Allied invasion of Attu and Kiska. Japanese missions against Amchitka After the Alaska campaign, a strategic intercept station was established on the island, which remained in use until February 1945. The Army abandoned the site in August 1950. The site later hosted an Air Force weather station in the 1950s, a White Alice telecommunication system in 1959 to 1961, and a temporary relay station in the 1960s and 1970s. Amchitka Airfield USS Worden (DD-352) Contribute
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