My dad (who has since passed) served in the Navy during the Korean war. All I remember him telling me was that he was based in the Aleutian islands. Would any of you guys have an idea of specifically where in the Aleutians he might have been?

 

for some reason dutch something comes to mind... not exactly sure what island it is or if its even still an active base.

 

I was not in the service, but if you want to find info about your father try getting his service records.. If you don't have them already..

How to Request Military Service Records or Prove Military Service (DD Form 214, DD-214, DD214

 

I read about Dutch Harbor and Amchitka Island when searching for info..

Also isn't the radar site Cobra Dane in the aleutions..

 

anythings possiable really, could have even ben on some secreat base that "doesnt exist" or "never did". seems there was a lot of that back in the day. do you know what his rate was???

 

Just looked on the web, and there's an Adak Naval air station shown.

Alaska's Aleutain Islands Map

Looks a bit chilly,

ford2go

 

Largest US Naval Base in the Aleutian Islands: Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island.

There was a Naval Base established there in 1941/42.. My dad's ship, the USS BLACK HAWK (AD-9) was sent there in late 1942, after it spent 21 years in the South China Sea.

My dad told me..."Typical Navy, they send a ship rigged for the tropics to Icebergville."

There were some small bases on Kiska and Attu Islands, at the extreme SW end of the chain, but I believe they were abandoned after WWII ended.
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As part of a feint to draw US forces out of Pearl Harbor in 1942, the Japanese invaded both Kiska and Attu, as part of the same operation as the assault on Midway.

Their plan was, to draw out what was left of our carrier strike forces, then attack them using their enormous Midway strike force which consisted of 4 carriers, 2 battleships, and 100's of other ships.

It didn't work...we had broken the Japanese Admirals Code (JN-25), and knew all about their plans.

Bottom line: We sank the four Japanese carriers (Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu), and one cruiser (Mikuma). Without aircover, the forces withdrew.

The tide in the Pacific had turned. The Japanese never invaded another island.

We later recaptured Attu and Kiska.

 

ice burg ville? man it can't get colder, wetter and rougher then there man!
chain of islands up off northern AK. going almost to russia.

send a warm weather ship up there. thats is the navy for sure and why i shifted to the coast guard after my first navy hitch was over

 

Cold weather huh? Sheet. It was always hot in the engineroom. Bunch of wussies topside in the fresh air.

 

I've made the request as DonJammer suggests.

 

I saw a show on History about this campaign. It was a brutal battle fought largely out in the open. I'd had no idea that any part of WWII was fught near the Aluteutians.

 

ADAK army base was the main military center up there back in the '50's/'60's when keeping the RUSKIES in line was the main objective.

The way things are going with Putin it might be that way again soon.