Skira in real life -- Kiska!

Found this interesting....


http://binged.it/14m9Qx6


http://www.google.com/maps?ll=51.98488,177.534256&spn=0.371714,1.056747&t=h&z=11

Bing has the best hi-res images, but Google has some nice linked photos. AA guns are already in place!

From Wikipedia:
"...a larger American force was allocated to defeat the expected Japanese garrison of 5,200 men. On August 15, 1943, an invasion force consisting of 34,426 Allied troops, including elements of the 7th Infantry Division, 4th Infantry Regiment, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 5,300 Canadians (the 6th and 7th Infantry Divisions), 95 ships (including three battleships and a heavy cruiser), and 168 aircraft landed on Kiska, only to find the island completely abandoned."

Gotta love military intelligence!

lol the last part was very, very funny