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Old 10-17-2013, 08:34 AM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by Grapesoda View Post
yeah with like 2 planes I think..... but was Alaska a state back then?
It was actually a pretty bloody battle and wasn't technically Alaska, but two Islands. The Japanese lost around 2000 men and the US lost around a thousand. It wasn't just a couple of planes. There were a bunch of vets that were pissed off about it when the US govt allowed Japan to build a monument for their loses on one of the islands.

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