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Kiska Island--Forgotten World War Two Battlefield Find out what happened on this wind-swept, shipwreck-strewn island in the Bering Sea, an island closer to Russia than the American mainland. By Roger Weston, author of The Golden Catch, an action thriller novel set in Alaska's remote Aleutian islands.
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THE FORGOTTEN WWII BATTLEFIELD
Kiska--one of the most remote islands in the world
More whales visit Kiska than people
Aleutian Islands The Birthplace of Storms
Freezing waters can quickly turn deadly
The Japanese invade the Aleutian Islands during WW2
Japanese ships and submarines flood into Kiska Harbor
US bombing campaign followsPBY-5A Catalina
Japanese anti-aircraft guns open fire
US aircraft shot down on American soil
US ground troops arrive
The enemy had slipped away in the fog.
200 Americans die from friendly fire, booby traps or weather
Kiska’s Japanese Airbase
Ruins of Kiska Airfield
Extensive Japanese underground system
Guns Still Manned by the Ghosts of Kiska
Ammo and unexploded bombs are an ongoing concern
Forgotten ghost ships haunt the waters around Kiska Island
Kiska Shipwrecks
USS Grunion – on eternal patrol
Japanese Mini Sub at Kiska Harbor
Nozama Maru
Nozama Maru
Uragio Maru
The Golden Catch
Available on Amazon.com
An ex-CIA assassin who seeks redemption. A beautiful archaeologist. A treasure hoard on a remote Alaskan island. A Korean billionaire who unleashes his ruthless killers to get what he wants. Can a Bering Sea crab fisherman use survival skills from his past to save his friends and son?
I decided to set my novel The Golden Catch on Kiska Island. I was inspired after a visit I made to a ghost town in the Aleutian Islands. I also thought the old abandoned shipwrecks and the ruins of the Japanese airbase would make for an exciting thriller novel.
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