Talk:Kiska

message: "One member of the detachment escaped for 50 days. Starving, thin, and extremely cold, he eventually surrendered to the Japanese."
Any idea where this comes from? Is this true or apocryphal? What was this person's name, and are there any records of this?
I've tried searching for information about anything related to this, and so far I'm turning up nothing, can anyone help? Altima 19:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Escaped

message: I heard something about this sort of thing happening in WWII, that the Americans got together a massive army with Canadian troops and invaded some island named Kiska only to find the Japanese not on it. I was skeptical, but boy is this hilarious! Did this really happen? I'd be laughing all night! WinterSpw 05:04, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japanese evacuation 

message: The article doesn't seem to mention current population. Is the island populated, and if, by how many and what are they doing on the island? -- 83.102.68.20 (talk) 14:24, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current population? 

message: :The destroyer USS Abner Read hit a mine, resulting in 87 casualties.
The article USS Abner Read (DD-526) reads that "The destroyer lost 70 men who were killed or missing". Although the previous line, "Men sleeping in aft compartments suffered from smoke inhalation. In the darkness, a few men fell through holes in the deck into fuel oil tanks below" could account for the extra 17. But that article doesn't seem to have a reference either. -- œ™ 20:58, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency 

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message: Russian name is historically relevant because it was discovered by Russian explorer and this name is searchable in old documents. - Altenmann >talk 01:41, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian name 

message: The article makes note that "Kiska Island had been densely populated by native peoples for thousands of years" before Vitus Bering found it, but makes no further reference to these people or who they were. In context it was obviously the Aleut, and one can assume they were relocated, enslaved, slaughtered, or perished from introduced diseases; yet their history and ultimate outcome is oddly absent.
The article is nigh entirely focused on the island's role in the Second World War and, to a lesser extent, the historical Russian fur trade. There's little interest shown in anything beforehand in its supposed millennia of history. 51.37.63.196 (talk) 15:12, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Why don't you write up this history yourself? Anybody can edit Wikipedia. Please keep in mind that  you must supply your edits with references to reliable sources. Please see our policies, WP:V, WP:CITE, WP:RS. - Altenmann >talk 16:33, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: There is nothing odd in absence of the history of some minor obscure faraway island populated by people without writing.  From what I briefly saw in Russian sources, Aleuts attacked Russian traders (as far as I know, Russian traders (Promyshlenniki) accompanied by Cossacks were quite aggressive in subjugating locals, so no wonder they were met with hostilities). Clearly, Aleuts armed with bows could not resist firearms and they left the island. And this happened in many other places. I vaguely remember there were rebellions of locals on Kamchatka, Alaska and other places followed by reprisals, such as Awa'uq Massacre or Battle of Sitka. - Altenmann >talk 16:47, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fate of native population?