Silent sentinels
Subtitle: an illustrated history of the Japanese guns of the Kiska WWII battlefield (Aleutian Islands, Alaska)
By: text: Dirk HR Spennemann (Charles Sturt University, Australia) with contributions by Janet Clemens (NPS)
Publisher: U.S. National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Anchorage, AK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Ordnance; Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945; Military History; Military campaigns; World War (1939-1945) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180924
Other titles: Silent sentinels, the Japanese guns of the Kiska WWII battlefield
Notes: "Based on the Kiska WWII guns condition and assessment reports"--Page [2] of cover.

"When the U.S. military recaptured Kiska in 1943, they discovered 105 heavy and medium guns left by the Japanese. These ranged from the larger guns emplaced for coastal defense, a range of anti-aircraft guns, of which the 75 mm was the most numerous, to assorted smaller artillery. A joint U.S. National Park Service (NPS) and US. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) gun condition assessment in 2007, examined nearly 30 guns, many still in their original locations"--Page [2] of cover.

"Photographs: historic photographs, unless otherwise noted, are courtesy of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Color photographs were taken by Dirk HR Spennemann in 2007"--Page [2] of cover.

"Support for this product was provided by the NPS-Alaska Regional 0ffice. This publication was also made possible with the kind support of the following individuals which is gratefully acknowledged: Debra Corbett (FWS, Anchorage); Bruce Greenwood (formerly NPS, Anchorage); Janis Kozlowski (NPS,Anchorage); Jeff Williams (FWS, Homer); and the crew of the FWS research vessel MV Tiĝlax̂"--Page [2] of cover.

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